Romola
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood And Sons, Nd. New Edition. leather_bound. 504 pages. 20 x 14 cm. Stereotype edition, extra illustrated with twenty five photos mostly views in Italy. Binding in full vellum with front cover elaborately decorated with portrait inset and multicolored motifs in a variety of designs by Giulio Giannini with latter book label first free endpaper noting his Florence address. Today, Giulio Giannini e Figlio is an art workshop founded in 1856 specialized in making quality handicrafts. Pietro Giannini opened a stationery shop mainly in Piazza Pitti in Florence. He was succeeded by Julius Senior who transformed the leather binding into the Italian Florentine style. Scattered minor foxing of interior. Full vellum, spine title in two colors, leather ties, marbled endpapers. Fine. Item #23299
Price: $750.00