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ELIOT, George (“Mary Anne Evans Lewes”) (1819-1880). Romola. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1863.
3 volumes, 8vo (190 x 115 mm). (Some occasional spotting, some light toning.) Contemporary polished calf gilt, green morocco lettering-pieces gilt, top edges gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY RIVIERE AND SON (repairs to joints and spine ends, some light wear).
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM of the historical romance set in 15th-century Florence, originally published in 14 parks in Cornhill Magazine from July 1862 to August 1863.
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto