The English rendering of this work is, from its purity and strength of style, a veritable tour de force. The book will be prized and appreciated by scholars and lovers of the beautiful in art.
New Grasset characters have been used for this work, limited to 500 numbered copies on handmade paper; each page of text is contained in an artistic green border, and the work in its entirety constitutes a volume of rare excellence.
Twenty-one clever Copper-plate Engravings (in the most finished style) by Martin van Maele.
The Well of Santa Clara
CONTENTS
| Pages | |||
| Prologue.—The Reverend Father Adone Doni | 1 | ||
| I. | San Satiro | 18 | |
| II. | Messer Guido Cavalcanti | 71 | |
| III. | Lucifer | 102 | |
| IV. | The Loaves of Black Bread | 116 | |
| V. | The Merry-hearted Buffalmacco | 126 | |
| I. | The Cockroaches | 127 | |
| II. | The Ascending up of Andria Tafin | 143 | |
| III. | The Master | 163 | |
| IV. | The Painter | 172 | |
| VI. | The Lady of Verona | 184 | |
| VII. | The Human Tragedy | ||
| I. | Fra Giovanni | 193 | |
| II. | The Lamp | 206 | |
| III. | The Seraphic Doctor | 210 | |
| IV. | The Loaf on the Flat Stone | 214 | |
| V. | The Table under the Fig-tree | 218 | |
| VI. | The Temptation | 223 | |
| VII. | The Subtle Doctor | 232 | |
| VIII. | The Burning Coal | 245 | |
| IX. | The House of Innocence | 248 | |
| X. | The Friends of Order | 260 | |
| XI. | The Revolt of Gentleness | 271 | |
| XII. | Words of Love | 280 | |
| XIII. | The Truth | 288 | |
| XIV. | Giovanni’s Dream | 304 | |
| XV. | The Judgment | 317 | |
| XVI. | The Prince of this World | 326 | |
| VIII. | The Mystic Blood | 343 | |
| IX. | A Sound Security | 360 | |
| X. | History of Doña Maria d’Avalos and the Duke d’Andria | 379 | |
| XI. | Bonaparte at San Miniato | 405 | |
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