Romola, in Two Volumes
Boston / Cambridge: Estes and Lauriat / University Press: John Wilson and Son, 1890. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #2303662
Each volume includes original jacket. Jacket spines faded, ink gift note on front endpaper of each volume date 1908, ink name different than gift note recipient on title page of volume 1, and again on first text page with Christmas 1891 date, volume 1 ribbon marker detached but included.
vi, 315; vi, 299 pp. 8vo. Cream boards imitating vellum, elaborate gilt and red titles and decorations, top edges gilt, ribbon markers bound in. Monochrome plates from photographs taken throughout Florence. "Romola (1862–63) is a historical novel by George Eliot set in the fifteenth century, and is 'a deep study of life in the city of Florence from an intellectual, artistic, religious, and social point of view. The story takes place amidst actual historical events during the Italian Renaissance, and includes in its plot several notable figures from Florentine history.'"
Price: $125.00