STRUTT, Arthur John (1819-1888). A Pedestrian Tour in Calabr...
Hammer
€400
STRUTT, Arthur John (1819-1888). A Pedestrian Tour in Calabria e Sicily. London: [s.n.], 1842.
First edition of this lively account of a journey through southern Italy, recording a tour undertaken on foot across Calabria and Sicily. Arthur John Strutt, a British painter and traveller, vividly captures the landscapes, towns, customs and encounters observed along the way, providing a particularly engaging record of the British perception of southern Italy during the first half of the nineteenth century.
8vo (200 × 125 mm). Title-page with contemporary hand-colouring and illustrated vignette (light foxing). Original publisher's cloth, spine lettered in gilt and covers decorated in blind (minor defects). (1)
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STRUTT, Arthur John (1819-1888). A Pedestrian Tour in Calabria e Sicily. London: [s.n.], 1842.
First edition of this lively account of a journey through southern Italy, recording a tour undertaken on foot across Calabria and Sicily. Arthur John Strutt, a British painter and traveller, vividly captures the landscapes, towns, customs and encounters observed along the way, providing a particularly engaging record of the British perception of southern Italy during the first half of the nineteenth century.
8vo (200 × 125 mm). Title-page with contemporary hand-colouring and illustrated vignette (light foxing). Original publisher's cloth, spine lettered in gilt and covers decorated in blind (minor defects). (1)
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