(DICKENS, Charles) (MAHONY, Francis Sylvester). Pictures From Italy.] Facts & Figures from Italy. By Don Jeremy Savonarola, addressed during the last two winters to Charles Dickens, Esq. Being an appendix to his "Pictures".. Richard Bentley. 1847, 1847.

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Description: FIRST EDITION. 4pp ads. Contemp. full scarlet crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine directly lettered in gilt, gilt dentelles. Orig. faded cloth bound in. t.e.g. v.g. Dickens declined an invitation to edit Mahony's work (see Pilgrim Letters, vol. V), but agreed to endorse it with a brief Notice. The author was an Irish priest who enjoyed a second career as a humorist, writing under the pen name Father Prout.

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