Author: SCOTT, LEADER
Title: Echoes of Old Florence: Her Palaces and Those Who Have Lived in Them
Description: Florence: Flor & Findel, 1901. Second Revised Edition. 1. Vellum. Illustrated by Barbier. Scott, Leader. ECHOES OF OLD FLORENCE: HER PALACES AND THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED IN THEM. Florence: Flor & Findel, 1901. 12mo (approx 5 x 7”). 259 pp. Bound in full hand-painted vellum (signed by the artist). A.e.g. (blue). SECOND EDITION WITH A NEW CHAPTER. Hardcover without dust jacket (as issued). Vellum somewhat darkened. Single leather tie incomplete. Pages tanning. VERY GOOD. This is a beautiful signed, hand-illuminated vellum binding executed in Florence, Italy for Flor & Findel after 1901. This is the enlarged Second Edition of this history of Florence. The binding is full-vellum and is elaborately illuminated in pigments on the front cover; signed "Barbier, " [lower left]. The original pigments are still quite bright. A beautiful Florentine book, printed, published and bound in the city for the fin de siecle tourist trade. A quite unusual (one-of-a-kind) and lovely little book. VERY GOOD.. Hand-painted. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 259 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .
Keywords: Fine Binding Illustrated Books; Fine Art Artists Travel Florence Illustrated Books History Travel & Adventure Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
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Title: Echoes of Old Florence: Her Palaces and Those Who Have Lived in Them
Description: Florence: Flor & Findel, 1901. Second Revised Edition. 1. Vellum. Illustrated by Barbier. Scott, Leader. ECHOES OF OLD FLORENCE: HER PALACES AND THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED IN THEM. Florence: Flor & Findel, 1901. 12mo (approx 5 x 7”). 259 pp. Bound in full hand-painted vellum (signed by the artist). A.e.g. (blue). SECOND EDITION WITH A NEW CHAPTER. Hardcover without dust jacket (as issued). Vellum somewhat darkened. Single leather tie incomplete. Pages tanning. VERY GOOD. This is a beautiful signed, hand-illuminated vellum binding executed in Florence, Italy for Flor & Findel after 1901. This is the enlarged Second Edition of this history of Florence. The binding is full-vellum and is elaborately illuminated in pigments on the front cover; signed "Barbier, " [lower left]. The original pigments are still quite bright. A beautiful Florentine book, printed, published and bound in the city for the fin de siecle tourist trade. A quite unusual (one-of-a-kind) and lovely little book. VERY GOOD.. Hand-painted. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 259 pp. Very Good with no dust jacket .
Keywords: Fine Binding Illustrated Books; Fine Art Artists Travel Florence Illustrated Books History Travel & Adventure Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
Price: US$ 200.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 1470
- Book number: 1470
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