Mediæval (Mediaeval, Medieval) Towns Series. The Story of Assisi; Avignon; Basel, Berne & Zurich; Bologna; Bruges; Brussels; Cairo; Cambridge; Canterbury; Chartres; Constantinople; Coventry; Dublin; Edinburgh; Ferrara; Florence; Jerusalem; London; Lucca; Milan; Moscow; Naples; Nuremberg; Oxford; Padua; Paris; Perugia; Pisa; Prague; Ravenna; Rome; Rouen; Seville; Siena and San Gimignano; Toledo; Venice; Verona; Winchester.
London: J. M. Dent & Co., Ltd, 1898-1933. Foolscap 8vo. 39 volumes, set. 38 volumes are first editions. Ravenna is a second impression. Original blue grey cloth, gilt. Top edges gilt (or stained blue), others untrimmed. Illustrations, folding maps and plans. Some general shelf and handling wear. A few volumes have bookplates on the front endpapers. One or two ownership signatures. Basel and Bologna have their jackets; Basel's is a little chipped and torn. Item #8831
A superb set, including the very scarce Santiago de Compostela (1912), of Dent's Mediæval Towns Series. Published between 1898 and 1933, they form a fascinating collection of companions to to these towns and cities. 'They are guide-books, books for study, and books for reference, and at the same time little galleries of art', Illustrated London News.
Price: £1,250.00