[SMITH, John "Warwick"] Select Views in Italy, with topographical and historical descriptions, London: W. Bulmer, 1796 [but engraved dedication dated 1817], 4°, 72 engraved plates (occasional light browning), contemporary morocco gilt (lightly rubbed and scuffed), g.e., armorial bookplate of John Deakin Heaton with his initials on title dated 1859. [Lowndes p. 2425]

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[SMITH, John "Warwick"] Select Views in Italy, with topographical and historical descriptions, London: W. Bulmer, 1796 [but engraved dedication dated 1817], 4°, 72 engraved plates (occasional light browning), contemporary morocco gilt (lightly rubbed and scuffed), g.e., armorial bookplate of John Deakin Heaton with his initials on title dated 1859. [Lowndes p. 2425]

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John "Warwick" Smith (1749-1831), watercolourist, was sent to Italy in 1776 by the 2nd Earl of Warwick, previously George, Lord Grenville, his stay lasting for 5 years. His Select Views, published in London between 1792 and 1799, includes depictions of Bologna, Florence, Perugia, Assisi, Genoa, Paestum and Loreto.

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