![[BISANI, Alessandro]. A Picturesque Tour through Part of Europe, Asia, and Africa ... with plates after designs by James Stuart. London: by J. Davis for R. Faulder, 1793. 4° (212 x 150mm), 6 folding engraved plates. (Without half-title, a little browning of plates, offsetting to text.) Contemporary mottled calf, marbled endpapers, green silk marker (rebacked, corners rubbed). Provenance: Buchley Park, Worcestershire (bookplate).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CSK/2011_CSK_02362_0288_000(bisani_alessandro_a_picturesque_tour_through_part_of_europe_asia_and_a072728).jpg?w=1)
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[BISANI, Alessandro]. A Picturesque Tour through Part of Europe, Asia, and Africa ... with plates after designs by James Stuart. London: by J. Davis for R. Faulder, 1793. 4° (212 x 150mm), 6 folding engraved plates. (Without half-title, a little browning of plates, offsetting to text.) Contemporary mottled calf, marbled endpapers, green silk marker (rebacked, corners rubbed). Provenance: Buchley Park, Worcestershire (bookplate).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Bisani's work first appeared in French in 1791, printed in London, without the plates. The five views of Athens in this edition are after Stuart, though that of Palermo is after Houel. Atabey 109 (refers to this second copy); Blackmer 146; Weber II, 620.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Bisani's work first appeared in French in 1791, printed in London, without the plates. The five views of Athens in this edition are after Stuart, though that of Palermo is after Houel. Atabey 109 (refers to this second copy); Blackmer 146; Weber II, 620.