Description
RARE FIRST EDITION.
"Venice has always been a land of marvellous stories; here is one that was told to me at the beginning of last month, in a café in the Place Saint-Mare, by one of those nocturnal prowlers, so common in Italy, who can't bring themselves to go to bed until the bells have rung at matins. "
A well-bound copy from the late 19th century.
Paris,Victor Magen,1848.In-8, Bound,140 x 220 mm,351 pp.
Bound at the end of the 19th century. Green half-chagrin with corners, spine ribbed and decorated with rich gilt framing, gilt title, gilt head, double filets on covers, bookmark. Freckles, leather missing from upper corners.