Manzoni, Alessandro. The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi). New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. Edition de Grand Luxe. [12266]
Three-quarter morocco with vibrant marbled paper boards, matching marbled end papers, top page edges gilt, 6 gilt-decorated spine panels, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Some light rubbing to the edges, some light scuffing to the marbled section of the covers. Photogravure frontispiece, letter press tissue guard, xv [1], 582 clean pp., six additional plates with letter press tissue guards. Very good. Hardcover.
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