Travels through Portugal and Spain, in 1772 and 1773
By TWISS, Richard (1747-1821)
First Quarto Edition (a two-volume duodecimo Dublin edition also was published) of the book Dr. Johnson called "as good as the first book of travels you will take up . . . if you except the learning." Medium 4to (288 x 230mm): [4],iv,465,[7]pp, with folding frontispiece map, six engraved plates (two folding), and engraved vignette bearing the coat of arms of Spain. Contemporary calf, richly gilt flat spine in six compartments divided by elaborate gilt bands with gilt galleon device in each, black morocco lettering-piece gilt, unusually attractive marbled end papers, all edges speckled blue. Engraved armorial bookplate of Baron Clonbrock, perhaps 1st Baron Clonbrock, Robert Dillon (1754-1795). Joints skillfully repaired, else an excellent, exceptionally wide-margined copy, clean and tight throughout. Cox I, 144. Palau 342601 (singling out the scene of bullfighting in the plaza at Cadiz); Foulché-Delbosc (Bibliographie des voyages en Espagne et en Portugal) 167A and (Catalogue de la bibliothèque hispanique) 526. Creswell 340 (mentioning passages on the Great Mosque of Cordova and the Alhambra). The year following publication, Twiss boasted he had "journeyed about 27,000 miles, which is 2,000 more than the circumference of the earth." In Travels through Portugal and Spain, he provides accounts of the Islamic monuments in Andalucia and of paintings by Spanish artists in churches, private collections, and the royal palaces, commenting particularly on works by Velazquez and Murillo. There are also sections on bull fighting, baboons, dress, "female knights," gypsies, gardens, licorice, mountains, opera, "water nymphs," and tobacco, among other topics. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Published by: printed for the author, and sold by G. Robinson, T. Becket, and J. Robson, London, 1775
Vendor: Fine Editions Ltd
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By TWISS, Richard (1747-1821)
First Quarto Edition (a two-volume duodecimo Dublin edition also was published) of the book Dr. Johnson called "as good as the first book of travels you will take up . . . if you except the learning." Medium 4to (288 x 230mm): [4],iv,465,[7]pp, with folding frontispiece map, six engraved plates (two folding), and engraved vignette bearing the coat of arms of Spain. Contemporary calf, richly gilt flat spine in six compartments divided by elaborate gilt bands with gilt galleon device in each, black morocco lettering-piece gilt, unusually attractive marbled end papers, all edges speckled blue. Engraved armorial bookplate of Baron Clonbrock, perhaps 1st Baron Clonbrock, Robert Dillon (1754-1795). Joints skillfully repaired, else an excellent, exceptionally wide-margined copy, clean and tight throughout. Cox I, 144. Palau 342601 (singling out the scene of bullfighting in the plaza at Cadiz); Foulché-Delbosc (Bibliographie des voyages en Espagne et en Portugal) 167A and (Catalogue de la bibliothèque hispanique) 526. Creswell 340 (mentioning passages on the Great Mosque of Cordova and the Alhambra). The year following publication, Twiss boasted he had "journeyed about 27,000 miles, which is 2,000 more than the circumference of the earth." In Travels through Portugal and Spain, he provides accounts of the Islamic monuments in Andalucia and of paintings by Spanish artists in churches, private collections, and the royal palaces, commenting particularly on works by Velazquez and Murillo. There are also sections on bull fighting, baboons, dress, "female knights," gypsies, gardens, licorice, mountains, opera, "water nymphs," and tobacco, among other topics. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Published by: printed for the author, and sold by G. Robinson, T. Becket, and J. Robson, London, 1775
Vendor: Fine Editions Ltd
