Richard Davey — Botticelli

London, George Newnes Limited, c1903. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this illustrated book about the Renaissance painter, Sandro Botticelli. The first edition. Dated from the British Library. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding. With a frontispiece and 64 monochrome plates of Botticelli's work. Collated complete. An educational overview of Botticelli's work by Richard Davey. Sandro Botticelli was a famous Italian painter of the Early Renaissance, who was particularly popular amongst the Pre-Raphaelites of the late nineteenth-century. With an additional monochrome print inserted into the book. In the original quarter cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some fading to the boards and darkening to the spine. A few marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean with the odd mark. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Sandro Botticelli. Very Good Indeed .