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 Doni1
I.San Satiro18
II.Messer Guido Cavalcanti71
III.Lucifer102
IV.The Loaves of Black Bread116
V.The Merry-hearted Buffalmacco126
I.The Cockroaches127
II.The Ascending up of Andria Tafin143
III.The Master163
IV.The Painter172
VI.The Lady of Verona184
VII.The Human Tragedy
I.Fra Giovanni193
II.The Lamp206
III.The Seraphic Doctor210
IV.The Loaf on the Flat Stone214
V.The Table under the Fig-tree218
VI.The Temptation223
VII.The Subtle Doctor232
VIII.The Burning Coal245
IX.The House of Innocence248
X.The Friends of Order260
XI.The Revolt of Gentleness271
XII.Words of Love280
XIII.The Truth288
XIV.Giovanni’s Dream304
XV.The Judgment317
XVI.The Prince of this World326
VIII.The Mystic Blood343
IX.A Sound Security360
X.History of Doña Maria d’Avalos and the Duke d’Andria379
XI.Bonaparte at San Miniato405

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