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George Eliot, 1863
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Romola
George Eliot, 1863
ELIOT, George (1819-1880). Romola. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1863.
First edition in the original cloth, originally published in fourteen parts in Cornhill Magazine from July 1862 to August 1863. A strict departure from Eliot's earlier works, Romola was an historical romance set in the 15th-century and focused on the intellectual, artistic, and social points of view of Renaissance Florence. It proved the toughtest for Eliot to write; she would later remark, "I began it as a young woman, – and finished it an old woman." "Mudie's Library Recent Works" adhered to rear pastedown in Volume 3. Baker & Ross A7.2.
Three volumes, octavo. Two pages of ads at rear of volume 2. Original cloth (some rubbing to spines and extremities, a little scuffing to covers, repairs to hinges); custom box.
George Eliot, 1863
ELIOT, George (1819-1880). Romola. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1863.
First edition in the original cloth, originally published in fourteen parts in Cornhill Magazine from July 1862 to August 1863. A strict departure from Eliot's earlier works, Romola was an historical romance set in the 15th-century and focused on the intellectual, artistic, and social points of view of Renaissance Florence. It proved the toughtest for Eliot to write; she would later remark, "I began it as a young woman, – and finished it an old woman." "Mudie's Library Recent Works" adhered to rear pastedown in Volume 3. Baker & Ross A7.2.
Three volumes, octavo. Two pages of ads at rear of volume 2. Original cloth (some rubbing to spines and extremities, a little scuffing to covers, repairs to hinges); custom box.
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