16mo. xii, 423pp, [1]. Uncut. Handsomely bound by Birdsail & Son of Northampton in recent gilt- tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers bound in. Scattered spotting. Inked ownership inscription of George Meredith to upper wrapper.

Novelist and poet George Meredith's (1828-1909) copy of the posthumously published first edition of Italian poet and satirist Giuseppe Giusti's (1809-1850) compilation of Tuscan proverbs.