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8°., Engraved title with vignette, XXXIII, 496 pp., 1 f., 2 engraved plates by Lasinio after Nenci. Red morocco with amply gilt spine, gilt covers and inner edges (around 1890, signed Riviere & son) Hortis 246; Marsand 136 (this edition is dedicated to Marsand): "Bella, nitida, elegante e corretta edizione che fa molto onore all acurato tipografo ed editore" - Fine, uncut, hinges a little rubbed but very decorative. Endpaper with engraved bookplate for Edward Joseph Dent. White leaf with manuscript dedication for the painter Julia Janet Abercromby (1840-1915) in Italian, probably given during a tour through Italy ("ricordo di stima ed amicizia. G. Lacaita, 23 agosto 1887"). Julia Abercromby was lady in waiting to Queen Victoria, one of her large paintings of the queen is today in the National Portrait Gallery.