Story, William WABAA
Castle St. Angelo and The Evil Eye : Being Additional Chapters to "Roba di Roma.
1877ref. 1553London: Chapman and Hall 1877. 8vo. 210 x 145 mm. 8 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches. 8 238 pp. with seven leaves of plates containing one black and white illustration each inserted between pages of text. An additional two black and white illustrations on the frontispiece and on the title-page; woodcut vignettes as section head- and tail-pieces. Publishers' red cloth over boards with a leather grain pattern and gilt lettering on the spine; all edges deckled. Book is Good: some chipping along the edges; heavy fading of the spine; corners bumped and scuffed; upper and lower hinges cracked; endpapers are brittle and slightly chipped. First free endpaper has a stamp identifying it as part of one of the circulating libraries of W. H. Smith & Son. Second leaf is inscribed with the names of previous owners. Overall the text block is clean and the illustrations and vignettes remain sharp and highly detailed. An attractive though slightly delicate copy. First Edition. William W. Story 1819-1895 was an American sculptor art critic poet and author. Many of his sculptures continue to be displayed at notable museums around the world including at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This edition contains two of Story's works. The first Castle St. Angelo first appeared in Blackwell's magazine and is a history of the Roman mausoleum built by the Roman Emperor Hadrian in the second century AD. The second The Evil Eye explores Italian superstitions and traditional beliefs concerning the evil eye and how to combat against it using historical sources as well as observations from contemporary life. The two works are seen as a continuation of Story's writings on everyday life in Rome which he began in his earlier book: Robo di Roma 1863. . Chapman and Hall unknown books
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