Allesandro Marchetti (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Two volumes in matching early calf, rebacked, with morocco spines laid down -- apparently the second rebacking. Marbled endpapers, with later flyleaves, toned and brittle. Edges darkened. Armorial bookplate and Arthur Mullen bookplate to front endpapers in each volume; ownership name and small drawing of Clara Tice, the artist, to front flyleaf of first volume. An illustrated edition, first thus, with engraved titles, plates, head- and tail-pieces after Eisen, Cochin, and others. A beautifully printed and illustrated edition [Gordon 505] this copy quite large, with wide margins. Large 8vo. [230x145mm.]; iv,244;245-543[+1]pp. 20 of the cancels listed by Gordon are apparent in this set; the following six are not: A4, C1, C2, E8, V7 & V8.