Il Mediterraneo con le Sue Isole e Golfi
Napoli: Dalla Tipografia e Litografia del Guttemberg, 1841. Half-Leather. Good / No Jacket. Item #2342416
Boards rubbed, spine toned, moderately foxed throughout, modern bookplate on front endpaper.
444 pp. 4to. Italian text, translated from the original French Les lies et les words de la Mediterranee of Clement Pelle, and annotated by Guglielmo Villarosa. A 19th century tour of the Mediterranean, including descriptions of Sicily, Palermo, Corfu, Rhodes, Ithaca, Naples, Algeria, Tunisia, etc. 79 engraved plates. A historical summary by C. Pelle precedes the text, and indices of content and illustrations follow text.
Price: $350.00