1912 La Premiere Renaissance Rome Rodocanachi Illustrated First Edition Scarce

Description: Click here to see our other books! La Première Renaissance Rome au temps de Jules II et de Léon X. La Cour Pontificale Les artistes et les gens de lettres La ville et le peuple Le sac de Rome en 1527 Emmanuel Rodocanachi 1912 Librairie Hachette : Paris 13" by 10.5" 461pp [Plus Plates] SUMMARY A lovely scarce first edition copy of this fascinating history of Renaissance Rome in the period from the papacy of Julius II to that of Leo X by Emmanuel Rodocanachi. First Edition,Illustrated,Leather Binding,Scarce Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed This book weighs 4 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 4.49 US Postage: £ 39.99 EU Postage: £ 26.99 European Postage: £ 36.99 Asia Postage: £ 65.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 99.99 DESCRIPTION Emmanuel Rodocanachi was a French historian and biographer, one of the greatest specialists in the history of the city of Rome and of the papal government. His most notable works included 'Les corporations ouvrières de Rome' and his 'Histoire de Rome depuis 1342', and he was notably rewarded the French Legion of Honour. Containing a fascinating history of the Popes and the papal court, art, architecture, patronage, theater, the population, feasts, ceremonies, popular entertainments, customs and traditions, superstitions, and so forth. Collated, complete with copious illustrations throughout of notable Renaissance figures, art and photographic plates of notable buildings and scenes in the city. This text is written in French throughout. CONDITION In a quarter crushed morocco binding with marbled paper over boards. Externally slightly bumped and rubbed to extremities. Small sections of rubbing to joints. Small section to rubbing of front board. Slight rubbing to leather of tail of spines and the raised bands. Tipped in library plate to front pastedown. Library stamp to front pastedown. Evidence of removal of tipped in plate to front free-endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean with scattered spotting to fore edge of the occasional page. Scattered spotting to first and last few pages. Tidemark to lower extremity of illustrated title page. Library stamp to title page. Heavy creasing to page 333/4. Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques

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