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The makers of Florence: Dante, Giotto, Savonarola and Their city

Title: The makers of Florence: Dante, Giotto, Savonarola and Their city
Name: Oliphant, Margaret
Link to full text: The Makers of Florence (1876, Hathi Trust); The Makers of Florence (1881, Hathi Trust); The Makers of Florence (1894, Hathi Trust)
Type of resource: Book
Language: English
Publisher: Macmillan and Co.
Place of Publication: London
Date of Publication: 1876
Era: 1860–1899
Type of reception: Critical; Non creative
Genre of reception: Biography; Historical study; Urban history
Number of volumes: 1
Other editions: 1877; 1883; 1889 ;1894;1895; 1897; 1901; 1903; 1881 (third cheaper edition, crown 8vo); 1891 (extra illustrated edition, medium 8vo)
Format: Royal 8vo.
Physical Description: Collation xx, 422 p., [41] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm
Circulation: advertised in: Graphic - Saturday 09 December 1876
Friend of India and Statesman - Friday 18 May 1877
John Bull - Saturday 19 May 1877
Irish Independent - Monday 28 June 1897
Birmingham Daily Gazette - Tuesday 13 September 1898
Circulation: Price: 21s
Reception: reviewed in: The Times - 30 November 1876
The Academy 16 December 1876
Globe - Wednesday 20 December 1876
The Examiner 23 December 1876

Illustrated London News - Saturday 06 January 1877
John Bull - Saturday 06 January 1877
The Athenaeum - 06 January 1877
Pall Mall Gazette - Tuesday 13 February 1877
John Bull - Saturday 30 June 1877
Fifeshire Journal - Thursday 05 July 1877

Saturday Review - 24 February 1877
London quarterly review - Apr 1877
Provenance: Public, Circulating or Subscription Libraries: Biblioteca del Gabinetto Scientifico Letterario G.P. Vieusseux (biblioteca circolante 1864-1892) (2 copies);
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Provenance: Historical Libraries: Lit&Phil Society Library
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Athenaeum Library Liverpool
British Institute of Florence Library (2 copies);
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