Inscribed Presentation Copy to Uncle Guy

Acton, Harold

The Last Medici

Illustrated with 15 half-tone plates. 8vo, London: Methuen, 1958. Second edition, Revised from the 1932 edition. Fine copy in dust jacket with slight wear.

Inscribed on the flyleaf: "to Uncle Guy "with best wishes "for a happy Birthday "and much love "from Harold." Guy Mitchell was the brother of Harold’s mother, Hortense (Mitchell) Acton. Guy was the proprietor of Villa Giullarino, which faced his sister’s famous Villa Pietra in Florence, home of Sir Harold, which he bequeathed to New York University

Item #40348       Price: $400.00