[Charles Bracebridge]. AUTHENTIC DETAILS OF THE VALDENSES, IN PIEMONT AND OTHER COUNTRIES. London: John Hatchard and Son, 1827. First edition. Hardcover. Half bound over marbled paper boards, gilt and raised bands on spine, edges speckled with top edge stained. 8vo; 464pp. Illustrated with 12 etchings including frontispiece. (Very good overall with scuffs to boards, edgewear, corners heavily rubbed, wear at head and tail of spine; very light toning and foxing, with some staining at endpapers and occasional offsetting, otherwise clean interior, light cracking at hinge, binding very sturdy.)

William Stephen Gilly. WALDENSIAN RESEARCHES DURING A SECOND VISIT TO THE VAUDOIS OF PIEMONT. London: C.J.G. & F. Rivington, 1831. First edition. Hardcover. Half bound over marbled paper boards, gilt and raised bands on spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. 8vo; 560pp. Frontispiece, two fold-outs, and (12) additional plates. (Boards with edgewear, corners rubbed with loss to one, some cracking and rubbing to leather, re-backed with portions of original backstrip preserved; light toning, moderate foxing throughout, writing on title page, bookplate at paste-down. Very good.)

Rev. Dr. Alexis Muston; William Hazlitt, trans. THE ISRAEL OF THE ALPS: A HISTORY OF THE PERSECUTIONS OF THE WALDENSES. London: Ingram, Cooke, & Co., 1852. Hardcover. Original embossed purple cloth, gilt on spine, top edge stained. 12mo; vii, [1], 312pp. With frontispiece, map, and numerous additional engravings. (Boards with edgewear, sunned spine with rubbed head and tail; some cracking at front hinge, map with minor separation at tail, interior toned with scattered foxing. Very good.)

Alexis Muston; Rev. John Montgomery, trans. THE ISRAEL OF THE ALPS: A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE WALDENSES OF PIEDMONT. 2 vols. (complete). London: Blackie and Son, 1866. Second ed. Hardcover. Blind and gilt tooled cloth boards. 8vo; xxx, 478pp.; xvi, 540pp. Each with frontispiece with tissue guards and numerous illustrations including fold-out maps. (Boards with edgewear, spines sunned, one corner bumped, slight separation from textblock and cracking at hinges, still sturdy overall; light toning to pages with foxing mostly at endpapers and fore-edge, bookplate at front paste-downs. All plates present but included before the text. Scarce, good to very good title.)

Largest 9 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Founded in the 12th century, the Waldensians (also Waldenses, Vallenses) is a religious movement that began in France and quickly spread to Italy, later spreading to Argentina and other countries.