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Leather. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). A scarce copy of this new language study on Italian grammar from Ferdinando Altieri. Italian and English. Scarce work. A detailed and comprehensive language study for learning Italian, with many useful remarks which are not to be found in any other grammar work of this kind. Intended as an easy method for acquiring language skills. Written by Ferdinando Altieri, an Italian linguist and educator residing in London. The Altieri family, a Roman princely family who gave the Church a Sovereign Pontiff, Emilio Altieri, Pope with the name of Clement X. The family were present among the ranks of the minor municipal nobility of the city since the Middle Ages. Bound in full calf. Externally, sound with light rubbing to the extremities and small marks to the boards. Small cracks to the joints with the front hinge just starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with scattered spotting. Light age toning to the extremities. Very Good. book.