The Colour of Heaven - first UK edition

by James Runcie - signed

Venice in the year 1295. A woman who has longed for a child throughout her marriage, discovers an abandoned baby in a narrow canal. She calls him Paulo, and she and her husband raise him in their home among the glass-makers of Murano.

Although short-sighted, his close vision gives him an acute eye for distinguishing color and tone. The talent is recognized by Simone Martini, a painter from Siena, who sends Paolo on a quest to find the perfect ultramarine blue, the colour of heaven.

Book has blue cloth boards with the title in gold on the spine; nicely illustrated end papers are 'old' maps; signed on the title page.

Jacket is price intact at £12.99