[Florence Press] Boccaccio's Olympia Unavailable Small stain to rear cover

Small stain to rear cover

The Sleep of Beppo

embellished with scrollwork

This book is the only Vale Press publication in which these borders were used

Bound in at the front of the book is a hand-written family tree showing the descent of Thomas Henry Barnard (Sibyl's brother) and his wife Bertha Mary Lampton from the subject of the book

[Florence Press] Boccaccio's Olympia Unavailable Small stain to rear coverBoccaccio's Olympia. London: At the Florence Press, Chatto & Windus, 1913. Edited with an English rendering by Israel Gollancz. Limited to 550 copies, of which this is #14. Facsimile of mss. on frontispiece. Printed on handmade Aldwych paper. Untrimmed. Bound in the rarely seen publisher's deluxe binding of full limp vellum with cream silk ties. Measures approx. 7" x 8. 75". An amazingly well preserved example, with just some light foxing spots to