Tour de Babel, ou Objets d'art faux pris pour vrai et vice versa
Paris / Florence: Pedrone Lauiel / A. Bettini, 1868. First edition. Original printed wrappers, xi, 118 pp., 1 leaf, rebacked, hinge splitting minor wear to covers. An important source on the work of the master-forger and sculptor Giovanni Bastianini (1830-1868). His terra cotta bust of the poet Benivieni was sold..... More