Byron, Lord [George Gordon]; Garvey, Eleanor M. (intro.); Hofer, Philip (intro.). A Venetian Story. The Allen Press, [Kentfield, California], 1963.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Cloth portfolio (a Fortuny print of 18th-century design, hand-blocked in Venice) and box, housing 47 loose leaves (including 2 red "endpapers" and one purple leaf separating the introduction from the text). With 35 full-pate illustrations from 18th-century copperplate engravings, as well vignettes in text (details from various plates in the Gran Teatro, Marieschi, and Canaletto-Visentini albums). From a limited edition fo 150 copies, 12 of which are hors commerce. Corners of box gently bumped, otherwise fine. Bookplate of Norman Sondheim on front paste-down of portfolio. Lavish and lovely.

Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.