Title: A Venetian Story
Author: Byron, Lord [George Gordon]
Description: Introduction by Eleanor M. Garvey and Philip Hofer of Harvard. With 35 large full-page illustrations from rare 18th century copperplate engravings. (Oblong folio) 12¾x19, original unsewn leaves inside patterned cloth portfolio in a 18th-century Fortuny print design, housed in a drop-back brown cloth box. 1 of 150 copies printed on hand-made paper by the Allen Press.Originally published in 1818 as Beppo – A Venetian Story, which was immediately popular, providing a lively and witty account of Venetians in their "Golden Age." Prospectus, laid in. Allen Press Biblio. 32. Bookplate of Donald Lee Williams.
Heading: (Allen Press)Place Published: Kentfield, CA
Publisher: Allen Press
Date Published: [1968]
Author: Byron, Lord [George Gordon]
Description: Introduction by Eleanor M. Garvey and Philip Hofer of Harvard. With 35 large full-page illustrations from rare 18th century copperplate engravings. (Oblong folio) 12¾x19, original unsewn leaves inside patterned cloth portfolio in a 18th-century Fortuny print design, housed in a drop-back brown cloth box. 1 of 150 copies printed on hand-made paper by the Allen Press.Originally published in 1818 as Beppo – A Venetian Story, which was immediately popular, providing a lively and witty account of Venetians in their "Golden Age." Prospectus, laid in. Allen Press Biblio. 32. Bookplate of Donald Lee Williams.
Heading: (Allen Press)Place Published: Kentfield, CA
Publisher: Allen Press
Date Published: [1968]
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Collection of Fine California Press Books
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