Goff, Clarissa - Florence & Some Tuscan Cities: Painted by Colonel R. C. Goff. London: A. & C. Black, undated (1905 date to preface and to publisher’s catalogue at rear of book) First edition. Large 8vo. pp. xii, 262, [4 ads] Index. 75 fine full-page watercolor plates by Colonel R. C. Goff, each with titled tissue guards. Beautifully designed cloth covered hard boards printed in light brown, white and black on front cover and in light brown and black on the spine; titling blocked in gilt on front cover and spine; TEG. Condition: Good. Front hinge lightly cracked along lower 3 cms only. Instances of light spotting to the pages, though most pages do remain bright and clean. Spine very slightly sunned. Robert Charles Goff (1837-1922) was an Irish printmaker and painter who specialised in topographical scenes. During his later years he moved to a villa overlooking Florence where he and his second wife Clarissa, wrote about the area. The original watercolors replicated in their book were all created direct from nature. Clarissa Goff shares descriptions and impressions of the city of Florence, taking the reader through the famous St. Maria Novella and Santa Croce, the cathedral square, Ponte Vecchio and other charming Tuscan cities.