The Story of Verona: (Mediaeval Towns Series) by Alethea Wiel / Nelly Erichsen and Helen M. James (Illust.) - 1907

London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Erichsen, Nelly; James, Helen M. First edition. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. 1902 Hard Cover. xvi, 314 pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt decor and titles. Includes two fold-out maps, engraved plan reproduced from a 1535 engraving, and dozens of plates. CONTENTS: Origin and Growth of the City; Verona Under the Romans; Goths and Lombards in Verona; The Adige; The Arena; The Middle Ages--Ezzelino da Romano; The Scaligers; From the Fall of the Scaligers to the Present Day; Men of Letters--School of Printing; The Duomo; S. Giovanni in Fonte; Biblioteca Capitolare; Vescovado; St. Anastasia; Piazza delle Erbe; Piazza dei Signori; Sta. Maria Antica; Tombs of the Scaligers; Via Cappello; San Fermo; Museo Civico and Picture Gallery; S. Paolo di Campo Marte; SS. Nazzaro e Celso; The Grotto di S. Nazzaro; St. Thomas of Canterbury; Giardino Giusti; Sta. Maria in Organo; S. Giovanni in Valle; Teatro Antico; SS. Siro… Read More

J M Dent, 1902, Mediaeval Towns Series,. 1902. Hardcover. hardback, small 8vo, xvi,314pp, illustrated, maps, edges browning, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, gilt-decorated blue cloth, slightly rubbed and corners bumped, Good condition / no dustwrapper .

This is a handsome, custom leather-bound collection of seven volumes from the "MEDIAEVAL TOWNS SERIES" published by J.M. Dent & Sons in London. All volumes are nicely illustrated and contain at least one fold-out map (some maps are in color). Most volumes contain one or more tipped-in illustrated clippings (from another source) either affixed to an end paper, or to a page within the text; some clippings are placed loosely between the pages. Beautiful full-leather binding with intricate gilt decorations on the covers, four raised bands on the spines, marbled end papers, ribbon page markers, gilt lettering on the spines, and gilt page edges on all sides. The series was inspired by travels J.M. Dent had enjoyed during the 1890's.The collection includes the following seven volumes:* The Story of VERONA by Alethea Wiel (1907)* The Story of AVIGNON by Thomas Okey (1911)* The Story of PERUGIA by Margaret Symonds and Lina Duff Gordon (1912)* The Story of ROUEN by Theodore Andrea Cook (1917)* The Story of… Read More