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The Tourist in Italy
by Thomas Roscoe
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jennings and Chaplin, 1833. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5" . J. D. Harding. The first edition of this travelogue of Italy by Thomas Roscoe, beautifully depicted in drawings by J. D. Harding. A travelogue of Italy in 'The Landscape Annual' for 1833, originally published as stand alone volume in 1831 with illustrations by S. Prout. Exploring the beautiful scenery of the country from the author's travels, through towns and cities. Beautifully depicted with a frontispiece, additional vignette title page, and twenty-four full page engravings by J. D. Harding. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's full grain morocco binding. Externally sound with minor shelf wear, lightly rubbed to extremities of spine and boards, gentle darkening to the spine. Vernal A. Diggs bookplate to front pastedown, previous ownership ink inscription to front pastedown. Internally, binding generally firm with only frontispiece loose but present. Few minor spots scattered to the occasional leaf, particularly to the odd leaf of plate and protective tissue guard. Otherwise, pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with a frontispiece, additional vignette title page, and twenty-four additional full page engravings by J. D. Harding. Collated, complete. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 816A49
- Title
- The Tourist in Italy
- Author
- Thomas Roscoe
- Illustrator
- J. D. Harding
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jennings and Chaplin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1833
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- italy first editions travel thomas roscoe first editions
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Vignette
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- Shelf Wear
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- Bookplate
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- Spine
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
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