Beschreibung
Gorgeous, hardback book with stunning gilt titles on the spine along with decorative design on front board. Comes with nice black box, slipcase. The book is in first class condition, virtually as new, it looks like the book has never been used or read. Normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with age and use. 522 pages all intact and good tight binding. All pages, text, maps and illustrations are in first class, clean, readable order. Frontispiece: St Sixtus giving the Treasures of the Church to St Lawrence, one of the scenes from the life of St Lawrence commissioned for the new Vatican wing by Nicholas V. Endpaper: Alexander III and Emperor Fredrick Barbarossa enter Rome. Fresco (detail) by Aretino Luca Spinello, 1407. (palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy/Bridgeman Art Library). Typeset at The Folio Society in Bembo, Printed on Abbey Wove paper by Grafos S.A. Barcelona, and bound by them in buckram blocked with a design by Neil Gower. Another fine book from The Folio Society. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1502
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