[Rarebooks] FS: Rowlandson NAPLES AND THE CAMPAGNA FELICE, 1815 with Hand-Colored Aquatints
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(ROWLANDSON, Thomas) ENGELBACH, Lewis. NAPLES AND THE CAMPAGNA FELICE in
a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Friend in England, in 1802. London:
R. Ackermann, 1815. First Edition. Quarto (5-3/4" x 9-1/2") in 20th
century half blue morocco leather and blue cloth boards with matching
corners and a gilt-lettered spine with five raised bands, marbled
endpapers; 400, [12] pages. A collection of 20 letters written by the
author while traveling in Italy containing descriptions of the scenery
and society. Illustrated with an engraved hand-colored title, a
hand-colored folding map, and 16 hand-colored aquatint plates by Thomas
Rowlandson. Laid in is an old catalog description for this copy from
Myers & Co. Catalog 382 with their small bookseller ticket at the bottom
of the front pastedown. Slight offsetting to the text pages opposite the
plates. Close to Fine. (#020724) $1,500
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