Oct 11, 2012 - Sale 2289

Sale 2289 - Lot 174

Price Realized: $ 270
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500
(ITALY.) Bee, Harry; and Acton, Harold. The Book of Florence. Printed in black and burgundy. Zinc engraved illustrated throughout. Large, thick folio, publisher's leather binding with gilt spine, raised bands, and with front panel in full bronze with raised lily design of the Florentine Coat of Arms, back panel with five bronze knobs; cloth slipcase with pictorial paper covers and spine. (Rome): Editalia-Edizioni d'Italia, (1973)

Additional Details

number 148 of 1949 copies, with a bronze subscriber dedication plaque on front endpaper. The colophon also states the edition number. A deluxe edition printed by Arti Grafiche on handmade paper and reproducing a number of sources from prestigious Roman collections and archives.