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Zdzisław Morawski, From Ravenna [1921]

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Title: From Ravenna: Ravenna Souvenirs, Theodosius’s Daughter, Dante’s Final Resting Place.
Author: Zdzisław MORAWSKI (1859–1928) [Polish journalist, lawyer, and essayist; younger brother of Kazimierz Morawski (1852–1925), a classical philologist and rector of Jagiellonian University]
Publisher: Krakowska Spółka Wydawnicza, Kraków
Year of publication: 1921. First edition.

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About this copy

Volume: 97 pp.

Format: 20 cm.

Binding: Period-style publisher’s cloth, original hardcover with embossed title.

A collection of historical and literary essays by Zdzisław Morawski on Ravenna, the former capital of the Western Roman Empire and the Ostrogothic Kingdom: on the mosaics, the fate of Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius the Great, and Ravenna as Dante’s final refuge after his exile from Florence. The book was published in 1921, on the 600th anniversary of the poet’s death.

Provenance: on the front endpaper, an ex-libris reading “Ex Libris Konrad Berezowski.”

For lovers of essays, Italy, and early medieval art.

Clean copy, bright paper. Cloth binding in very good condition, with no losses, tears, or stains.

Item from the 19th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.

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