Romola
By: George Eliot
Series: Works of George Eliot. Cabinet ed
Publisher: W. Blackwood
Published: 1878
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Subjects: Fiction; History
Notes: At head of title: The works of George Eliot.

Fragile, access restricted; permission of the Curator of Rare Books required.

Purchase; Austin's Antiquarian Books; 12 November 2003; 2003-169; $315 (John Wadsworth Valentine '29 Book fd.).

From the library of Helen R. Dempsey and Pauline F. Shea, with their joint bookplate.

Imperfect: v. 2 wanting all after p. 208; replaced with duplicate p. 209-444 from v. 1, including duplicate mounted photographs for those pages.

Extra-illustrated with 41 mounted photographs (albumen prints, 11 in duplicate) of Florence.

The photographs are lightly faded.

Bound in stiff vellum; spine and covers gilt with gilt red leather onlays and hand-painted script title on front cover; edges stained red; gilt-patterned endleaves.