Introduction by Eleanor M. Garvey and Philip Hofer of Harvard. With 35 large full-page illustrations from rare 18th century copperplate engravings. (Oblong folio) 12¾x19, original unsewn leaves inside patterned cloth portfolio in a 18th-century Fortuny print design, housed in a drop-back brown cloth box. 1 of 150 copies printed on hand-made paper by the Allen Press.

Originally published in 1818 as Beppo – A Venetian Story, which was immediately popular, providing a lively and witty account of Venetians in their “Golden Age.” Prospectus, laid in. Allen Press Biblio. 32