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TRANSFORMATION: OR, THE ROMANCE OF MONTE BENI, THE FAWN. Collection of British Authors Series, Vol 515

TRANSFORMATION: OR, THE ROMANCE OF MONTE BENI, THE FAWN. Collection of British Authors Series, Vol 515

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TRANSFORMATION: OR, THE ROMANCE OF MONTE BENI, THE FAWN. Collection of British Authors Series, Vol 515

by HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL

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Leipzig., Bernhard Tauchnitz., 1860. 8vo. First edition with two volumes in one. Bound in full PERIOD vellum with gold decoration around the borders binding with gilt stamping, marbled eps & red edge stain ("The Marble Faun" [the US title] on spine. Illustrated with numerous early photographs of statues, scenery, architecture, and landscapes of various places in Rome. Early printing of this book with copyright edition on title page. Published the same year as the first edition. 8vo. 6-1/4" x 4-1/4". 1st edition thus. 2 volumes in 1 A good copy. Per the note to Todd & Bowden's entry for this title, the work often used as a guide by the 19th c. traveler to Rome. The number of photographs, as well as photographic images, will vary from copy-to-copy. Illustrated with 59 mounted photographs (Vol I:34 Vol II 25: ) depicting Rome, divers sculptures, paintings and art, street scenes, personalities of the time, etc. The most photographs in any 2 vol. is 98. William B. Todd, acknowledged Tauchnitz authority, notes that the present novel, "as a useful guide to Rome, is the Tauchnitz book most often found extensively extra-illustrated with photographs and bound in elaborately decorated vellum." The must have guide book of 1860's Rome.

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Title
TRANSFORMATION: OR, THE ROMANCE OF MONTE BENI, THE FAWN. Collection of British Authors Series, Vol 515
Author
HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL
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Vellum binding
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Bernard Tauchnitz
Date Published
1860
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