Dell' Antico Studio Di Bologna E Sua Origine by Giacomo Cassani
1888. No edition remarks. 315 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Half bound blue leather with blue cloth covered boards. Italian language text. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Front board is detached but is stuck to spine by sticker. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, causing rear board to be loose and front board to be detached. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Leather peeling to all surfaces, with noticeable scuffing and scratches overall. Brown scuffed marks to boards. Heavy splits to joints. Crushing to spine with slight loss to leather. Water staining to boards causing discolouration leather. Sticker and tape to spine.