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Livres anciens et modernes

Whiteside J.

Italy in the Nineteenth Century. A New Edition. [First One-Volume Edition]. IN CONTEMPORARY FULL ROAN

Longman Green Longman & Roberts, 1860

184,00 €

Island Books

(Devon, Royaume-Uni)

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Détails

Année
1860
Auteur
Whiteside J.
Éditeurs
Longman Green Longman & Roberts
Thème
europe, italy, james whiteside, j. whiteside, travel, exploration, europe, italy, the, nineteenth, century
Langues
Anglais

Description

8vo., First Edition thus, with an engraved frontispiece and 6 engraved plates, some faint and occasional spotting, neat contemporary inscription on blank preliminary; attractively bound in contemporary red full roan, sides with gilt frame border, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment with black leather label lettered and tooled in gilt, all other compartments elaborately ruled and tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, very neatly rebacked to style, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With the nineteenth century trade ticket of Deighton of Worcester on front paste-down. The frontispiece is by Henshall after Turner; the plates by Cooke after Bonington and others. 'In the present edition, I have by a careful revision, compressed the substantial contents of three volumes into one, not omitting anything of permanent interest' (Author's Preface). First published in three volumes in 1848.