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  • DELUXE TALL LIMITED EDITION WITH HAND COLOURED PLATES IN FULL MOROCCO
    The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi. by SYMONDS, John Addington. (Translated into English).
    SYMONDS, John Addington. (Translated into English).
    The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi.

    London: John C. Nimmo, 1890. 2 volume set, 10 1/2 inches tall. A very fine full morocco binding by the great firm of J. Leighton of Brewer Street. With gilt raised bands, superb gilt tooling to the panels and boards, gilt dentelles and all edges. With the bookplate of Alfred de Rothschild. Some superficial marking to the binding, but a super set. From a limited edition of 210 copies with the etchings in 2 states and the 'Masks', illustrating the Italian Commedia dell' Arte, hand coloured. A wonderful set of the Memoirs of this great Venetian 18th century playwright in English.

    • Another image of The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi. by SYMONDS, John Addington. (Translated into English).
    • Another image of The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi. by SYMONDS, John Addington. (Translated into English).
    • Another image of The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi. by SYMONDS, John Addington. (Translated into English).
    • Another image of The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi. by SYMONDS, John Addington. (Translated into English).
    • Another image of The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi. by SYMONDS, John Addington. (Translated into English).
    • Another image of The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi. by SYMONDS, John Addington. (Translated into English).
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  • EXCEPTIONALLY FINE AND BRIGHT FULL CALF FROM THE LIBRARY OF ALFRED DE ROTHSCHILD
    Memoirs of the Life of The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan. by MOORE, Thomas
    MOORE, Thomas
    Memoirs of the Life of The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

    London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. 2 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. An exceptionally fine and bright full calf binding with gilt raised bands, twin labels, the volume label being particularly attractive and splendid ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Twin gilt fillets frame the boards. Portrait. From the library of Alfred de Rothschild but without his bookplate. Foxing to the preliminaries, then perfectly clean. The great Dublin born playwright Sheridan wrote many works, still performed around the world today, including 'The Rivals', 'The Critic' and 'The School for Scandal'. In his private life he was as famous for his brilliant wit as for his appalling behaviour, particularly towards the women in his life and…

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    London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. 2 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. An exceptionally fine and bright full calf binding with gilt raised bands, twin labels, the volume label being particularly attractive and splendid ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Twin gilt fillets frame the boards. Portrait. From the library of Alfred de Rothschild but without his bookplate. Foxing to the preliminaries, then perfectly clean. The great Dublin born playwright Sheridan wrote many works, still performed around the world today, including 'The Rivals', 'The Critic' and 'The School for Scandal'. In his private life he was as famous for his brilliant wit as for his appalling behaviour, particularly towards the women in his life and his creditors, to whom he pointedly never paid his debts, as he believed paying his creditors "only encourages them." A superb copy of this entertaining biography.

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    • Another image of Memoirs of the Life of The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan. by MOORE, Thomas
    • Another image of Memoirs of the Life of The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan. by MOORE, Thomas
    • Another image of Memoirs of the Life of The Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan. by MOORE, Thomas
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  • BEAUTIFUL COPY IN FINE FULL CALF EXTRA GILT
    Legends of the Madonna, as Represented in the Fine Arts. by Jameson, Mrs.
    Jameson, Mrs.
    Legends of the Madonna, as Represented in the Fine Arts.

    London: Longmans, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1852. Full calf, 8 1/4 inches tall. A superb binding with gilt raised bands, twin labels and extra gilt panels. All edges gilt and dentelles on large squares. With the bookplate of Alfred de Rothschild. Embellished with 152 woodcuts and 29 line engravings, as called for. Slight blotchiness on the labels and boards, overall a wonderful volume of one of Dublin born, Anna Brownell Jameson's, great art histories.

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    • Another image of Legends of the Madonna, as Represented in the Fine Arts. by Jameson, Mrs.
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