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99 - DUMAS (Alexandre). A Year in Florence.
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Estimate €300 - €500
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DUMAS (Alexandre). A Year in Florence. A rare first edition of this historical panorama of the city of Florence, which Dumas visited in 1835. Paris, Dumont, 1841. 2 volumes in 1 volume, 8vo (130x210 mm), fawn-coloured glazed half-basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and friezes, solid and dotted fillets embossed in cold foil, author and title gilt on a green leather label, speckled edges (contemporary binding). 340 and 343 pages. Minor scuffing, slight scratches on the covers, a few foxing spots, more prominent in the margins and on the first few pages, small marginal losses on two pages at the end. A rare first edition of this portrait of the city of Florence, which Alexandre Dumas discovered during a trip in 1835. Beginning in Marseille, the narrative continues with Dumas’s stay in Toulon, followed by the journey that took him to Florence, of which Dumas provides a veritable historical panorama in the second part of his book, describing the city’s main monuments, from the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore to Orsanmichele, via the Medici Palace, the Palazzo Vecchio and the Piazza della Signoria, and painting a portrait of the legendary figures of Dante Alighieri, Cosimo the Elder de’ Medici and the Dominican monk Savonarola. Dr André Chauveau’s bookplate on the inside front cover, stamp of Laurent Pichat’s library on the half-title page. [Vicaire, III, 352–353]. A very fine copy, attractively presented.
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About the sale Fine antique and collectible books, manuscripts and modern illustrated works
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Auction time 06/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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