The Venetian Glass Nephew
George H Doran, 1925. hardcover. 8vo 182pp. first edition presumed second printing ("B" on copyright page) An eighteenth-century Venetian glass blower makes a young man and animates him by magic. Virginio marries Rosalba, a charming young poetess, but marriage turns into a horror, for Virginio is in perpetual terror lest Rosalba be too rough with him and break him. Rosalba, who is as self-sacrificing as she is loving, is magically transformed into porcelain. The two lovers are now happy, both equally fragile.. very good: age wear to boards, spine sunned, bookplate front paste down, some foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding tight. / no DJ. Item #960
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