Details
LEAR, Edward. Illustrated Excurions in Italy [First Series], London: Thomas M'Lean, 1846.
2° (368 x 255mm.) 30 tinted lithographed plates by and after Lear, map of the Three Abruzzi, 2 leaves of engraved music at end. Wood-engraved vignettes. Half-title. (Plate margins spotted, lighter spotting to images of many plates, plates 16 and 22 more heavily spotted, text also affected.) Contemporary half roan and marbled boards (joints rubbed and starting to crack, scuff marks), t.e.g.
FIRST EDITION. Lear's subject was the Abruzzi Provinces of the Kingdom of Naples. A "Second Series", on the Papal States, was published in the same year and described as "Volume II" on the title page. The artist's stay in Italy had lasted from 1843-44. Abbey Travel 172; Pine-Coffin 8436.
2° (368 x 255mm.) 30 tinted lithographed plates by and after Lear, map of the Three Abruzzi, 2 leaves of engraved music at end. Wood-engraved vignettes. Half-title. (Plate margins spotted, lighter spotting to images of many plates, plates 16 and 22 more heavily spotted, text also affected.) Contemporary half roan and marbled boards (joints rubbed and starting to crack, scuff marks), t.e.g.
FIRST EDITION. Lear's subject was the Abruzzi Provinces of the Kingdom of Naples. A "Second Series", on the Papal States, was published in the same year and described as "Volume II" on the title page. The artist's stay in Italy had lasted from 1843-44. Abbey Travel 172; Pine-Coffin 8436.