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Creator:
Eliot, George, 1819–1880
Title(s):
Romola / by George Eliot, author of "Adam Bede," etc. ; in two volumes.
Edition:
Copyright edition.
Published/Created:
Leipzig : Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1863.
Physical Description:
2 v. ; 16 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR4668 .A1 1863
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Alicia Faxon in memory of Richard B. Faxon, Yale BA 1949
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
Often appears extra-illustrated with albumen prints, of varying number, produced by Fratelli Alinari, Giorgio Sommer, Edizioni Brogi, and others. See: Mills.
BEIN 1972 136: Imperfect: half-titles wanting. Autograph of Priscilla Stearns.
BEIN 1997 1732: Imperfect: half-titles wanting. Extra-illustrated with 30 mounted photographs.
BEIN 2024 505: Extra-illustrated with 29 mounted photographs. Photographer's label: G. Brogi, 1 Via Tornabuoni, Firenze. Presentation inscription: To Dillie from Casey & Emma [Dr. Casey Wood?], Florence, Italy, March 18th, [18]89. From the Morris L. Cohen collection of Tauchnitz. Bound in gilt- and red-stamped vellum; title and fleur-de-lis stamped in red on cover; red edges; yellow silk doublures with bird-and-flower pattern in gold; housed in a red cloth slipcase. Accompanied by: 1 unmounted photograph (1 leaf).
Todd, W.B. Tauchnitz international editions in English, 1841-1955 682
Armstrong, Carol. Scenes in a library. Cambridge, Mass., 1998, p. 284-284
Mills, V. "Vision, history, and the Tauchnitz editions of George Eliot's Romola." In The idea of Italy, pages 96-101
BAC PR4668 .A1 1863: British Art Center copy imperfect: half titles-wanting. Extra-illustrated with 39 mounted albumen prints. Bound in gilt- and red-stamped vellum, with title and fleur-de-lis stamped in red on cover; edges stained red.
Subject Terms:
Cohen, Morris L., 1927–2010 -- Ownership.
Florence (Italy) -- History -- Fiction.
Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452–1498 -- Fiction.
Stearns, Priscilla -- Autograph.
Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856–1942 -- Presentation inscription.
Form/Genre:
Photographs.
Photographs.
Albumen prints.
Extra-illustrated copies.
Extra-illustrated copies.
Doublures.
Contributors:
Brogi, Giacomo, 1822–1881, photographer.
Morris L. Cohen collection of Tauchnitz (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
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