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STRUTT, Arthur John (1819–1888).
See original version (Italian)
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STRUTT, Arthur John (1819–1888).
See original version (Italian)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
STRUTT, Arthur John (1819–1888). A Pedestrian Tour in Calabria and Sicily. London: [n.p.], 1842.
First edition of this lively account of a journey through southern Italy, chronicling 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 (slight foxing). Original publisher’s cloth binding, spine lettered in gilt and covers decorated with blind embossing (minor defects). (1)
See original version (Italian)
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