The Life and Acts of Pope Leo XIII: Preceded by a Sketch of the Last Days of Pius IX, and the Origin and Laws of the Conclave

New York: Benziger, 1882, 1883. New and enlarged edition. Octavo in green cloth with gilt illustrations and titles on spine and cover; illustrated endpapers; illus., ports.; 440 p., 21 cm. Very good copy. Cloth is moderately rubbed and dinged along the edges and rubbed and mildly frayed at the head and foot of spine; small, open ding to cloth at rear joint of spine; gilt cover illustration of Pope Leo has slight rubbing to the body but is overall bright and well-defined; light specks of soil to cloth and some moderate liquid discoloration damage to rear (three, roughly 2" white stains); light scratches to rear cloth; very light foxing to foreedge of pages; some soil/dust to top edge of pages; pp. 49-74 and pp. 123-126 have a small ding to top edge; p. 59 is dogearred; endpapers have mild foxing; else this copy is pretty tight and solid; binding is tight and square; most pages and illustrations are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; a handsome, beautifully decorated book for anyone's collection. . Hardcover.

In English. Scarce in 14 libraries worldwide.