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Doran, John : "Mann" and Manners at the Court of Florence; In Two Volumes

Francis A. Niccolls & Co., Boston, MA

Two volumes, complete. Connoisseur Edition. Limited Edition, no. 9 of 150 copies. Original publisher's pink 3/4 leather binding with marbled, paper-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Small gilt decoration on front cover. Small gilt floral decorations on spine. Four raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Marbling on the boards and endpapers features the colors of pink, white, and gilt. Tissue guards included for at least most of the plates. No date, circa 1905-1913. 6 1/4" x 9." Vol. I: 429 pages, complete. Vol. II: 413 pages, complete. Black-and-white plates and one color frontispiece in each volume, complete. There are five plates listed in the front of each volume, but there are additional plates. Pages are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Moderate age toning to a few pages in front and back; minuscule age toning on the rest of the pages. Covers are also clean and intact except for slight rubbing and minuscule corner wear. Near Fine copies. A historical book about eighteenth-century Italy and the Court of Florence. Printed on a front page facing the colophon: "'"Mann" and Manners' is founded on the letters of Horace Mann to Horace Walpole during the years from 1740 to 1786." Front colophon in both volumes: "Connoisseur Edition. Limited to One Hundred and Fifty Copies. No. 9.". Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover

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