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Dobson [Susanna]

The Life of Petrarch [with] The Life of Benvenuto Cellini. The Life of Petrarch. Collected from 'Memoirs pour la Vie de Petrarch'; by Mrs. Dobson [with] The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, written by himself, in the Tuscan Language, and translated from the Original by Thomas Nugent EYRE CROWE'S COPY

?, 1870

193.20 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1870
Author
Dobson [Susanna]
Publishers
?
Keyword
literature, susanna dobson, thomas nugent, petrarch, cellini, benvenuto cellini, eyre crowe, thackeray
Languages
English

Description

2 works in 1 vol., 8vo., First Edition, text in double-column; handsomely bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, crisp copy. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF EYRE CROWE, BEARS HIS HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE DATED 1870 ON TITLE OF FIRST WORK. AND WAS BOUND PROBABLY TO HIS COMMISSION. Eyre Crowe (1824-1910), painter, was a pupil of William Darley and later of Paul Delaroche in Paris. Between 1852-53 he travelled throughout the USA as amanuensis to Thackeray, publishing 'With Thackeray in America' (1893) and 'Thackeray's Haunts and Homes' (1897). He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1846 and was elected Associate in 1876. VERY SCARCE.
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