Title: Select Views in Italy, with Topographical and Historical Descriptions in English and French. Vol. II. Author: Smith, John, illustrator Place: London Publisher: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for J. Smith W. Byrne, and J. Edwards Date: 1796 (but 1799) Description: Volume 2 only (of 2). Engraved map & 37 plates engraved by William Byrne and others after ink & watercolor drawings by John Smith, with 37 leaves of descriptive text in French on rectos and English on versos (facing the plates). Oblong folio, later full embossed morocco, elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt, edges gilt-ruled, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. Volume I had been issued in 1792, and the work was reprinted in 1817 & 1830. John Smith (1749-1831) travelled in Rome between 1776 and 1781, being based primarily in Rome and Naples. He went on to enjoy a successful career in London, thanks to the painterly quality of his drawings tinted with watercolor, and illustrated several travel books. The plates in this volume are handsome and evocative. (The title-page is dated 1796, but the text for Plate 69 mentions an incident that took place in 1798.) Lot Amendments Condition: Binding scuffed at spine ends and edges; some offsetting from plates to opposing pages; else very good. Item number: 185926
Title: Select Views in Italy, with Topographical and Historical Descriptions in English and French. Vol. II. Author: Smith, John, illustrator Place: London Publisher: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for J. Smith W. Byrne, and J. Edwards Date: 1796 (but 1799) Description: Volume 2 only (of 2). Engraved map & 37 plates engraved by William Byrne and others after ink & watercolor drawings by John Smith, with 37 leaves of descriptive text in French on rectos and English on versos (facing the plates). Oblong folio, later full embossed morocco, elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt, edges gilt-ruled, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. Volume I had been issued in 1792, and the work was reprinted in 1817 & 1830. John Smith (1749-1831) travelled in Rome between 1776 and 1781, being based primarily in Rome and Naples. He went on to enjoy a successful career in London, thanks to the painterly quality of his drawings tinted with watercolor, and illustrated several travel books. The plates in this volume are handsome and evocative. (The title-page is dated 1796, but the text for Plate 69 mentions an incident that took place in 1798.) Lot Amendments Condition: Binding scuffed at spine ends and edges; some offsetting from plates to opposing pages; else very good. Item number: 185926
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