Fausto

1914 · ref. 862N35 — Munich: Georg Muller 1914. Leather. Very Good. 9.5" by 6". Various. A German translation of Camille Mauclair's interesting work on Florence. A limited edition copy with eighty four illustrations. In this limited edition travelogue Camille Mauclair offers insights about the city of Florence. Translated from French into German by Rosa Shapire with eighty four illustrations collated and complete. To the rear of the volume it states that present copy was bound according to Paul Renner's Designs in Rubel and Denck's bookbinders in Leipzig. 150 copies were bound and numbered. Better known by his pseudonym Camille Mauclair Séverin Faust was a French poet novelist and art critic who produced several works of travel literature in his later life. In the present volume Faust provides a sketch of the political and social history of the city before delving into its rich artistic and academic history. The sections on Florentine painting poetry science architecture sculpture and academia precede the volume's final chapters on the churches of Florence. In a quarter calf binding over a patterned boards. Externally generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the spine more so to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages throughout. Very Good Georg Muller hardcover