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The LITERATURE OF ITALY.  From the years 1265 through 1907.

FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING. Printed in 1907.

This set is OVER 100 YEARS OLD!!

Bound in the original full Vellum (leather) bindings. With beautiful, Leather INLAID FLOWERS, on the spines!

Full Leather Bindings, such as these, were very costly to produce, and are very desirable!

 

Complete in 16-Volumes, as stated on the limitation page. 

 

 Top edge gilded. Engraved crest on board. Original sewn-in bookmark.

These are large books measuring 9 inches tall!

 

With Hand-Colored plates, signed by artists.

 

Complete sixteen volume set. The National Alumni. 1907. FIRST EDITION of this collection.

Very fresh and high quality set. All hinges fully intact. Light general rubbing. Rubbing to spines. Clean, bright interior. Free of foxing. No writing or signs of previous ownership, faint evidence of removed bookplate. Pages uncut. Some external rubbing, as shown.

''This work is issued in de luxe form only. It is complete in sixteen volumes. The edition is strictly limited. Every set will be registered in the name of the original purchaser. The Official Certificate of the National Alumni under seal will be found in this volume, setting forth the limit of the edition, the number of this set, and the name of the original purchaser.'' Certificate was not found. Some hand colored plates, signed by artists.

''Edited by Rossiter Johnson and Dora Knowlton Ranous''

Each volume contains a frontis, full page plates, tipped-in frontis plates, and wide margins. This is a large encyclopedia / encyclopedic work on the calssic Literature of Italy. 

 

Titles include:
A History of Italian Literature
The Conquest of Rome
Marco Visconti
The Courtier
The Betrothed
Damiano
The Flame
Orlando Furioso
MACHIAVELLI, The Prince, Essays
Memoirs, Cellini
The New Life / Sonnets / La Fiammetta / Poems
DANTE, Comedies / Tragedies
My Prisons and Francesca Da Rimini
Minor Anthology
Jerusalem Delivered
Beatrice Cenci

 

 

This is a gorgeous set, and displays beautifully! 

 

We will pack very securely to ensure safe arrival at your doorstep. All books are individually wrapped and professionally padded. We double wrap and will leave plenty of space between this purchase and the walls of the box. We fill this space with plenty of padding.