A Village Commune

£100 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

“Santa Rosalia in Selva is a village anywhere you will betwixt the Adrian and the Tyrene seas, betwixt the Dolomites and the Abruzzi… it is a little Italian borgo, like many other, lying under the sweet blue skies of this beloved and lovely land that has been mother to Theocritus and Tasso.” A tale of rural Italian life, first published in 1881, the year before this edition. Ouida moved to Florence permanently with her mother in 1874, and, thereafter, often set her books in Italy. Scuffing to boards, rudimentary repair to upper portion of spine, cracking to joints.

• Year: 1882

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