M. A. R. Tuker; Hope Malleson — Rome

London, Adam and Charles Black , 1905. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated guide to Italy's capital city, complete with numerous colour plates from Alberto Pisa. The first edition of this delightful guide to Rome. In the original cloth binding. Illustrated with seventy tissue-guarded colour plates, with artwork from Italian painter Alberto Pisa (1864-1936). Collated, complete. This volume discusses the history, architecture and people of Rome, including the Roman catacombs, regions and guilds, the Roman Campagna, and the customs and societal norms of Roman people. Written by Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker, a British author, and Hope Malleson, a British writer who was the daughter of suffragist and activist Elizabeth Malleson. In the original cloth binding. Externally, with fading to the spine and partly to the boards. With light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Bookplate of one Walter James Shepherd to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting and heavy scattered spotting to the endpapers. Spotting to the foredge affecting the pages to varying degrees. Plates are tissue-guarded and remain bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Alberto Pisa. Very Good .