The Old Yellow Book Source of Browning's The Ring and the Book in complete Photo-reproduction.
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Lord Baltimore Press, 1908. Hardcover. 27.5 x 21 cm. Quarto. x, 264pp, 342pp + index, 4 plates.Bound in full tan pigskin which preserves the original covers. . 5 raised bands to spine. The full text of the lanague of Roman homicide law in Latin followed by English translations. This was used in a poem by Robert Browning. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Some light sunning to the spine. Uncut pages. Some rubbing to the bottom of the boards. Near Fine. Item #57765
Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication No. 89.
Price: $200.00