Title: Travels Through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776. In Which Several Monuments of Roman and Moorish Architecture are Illustrated by Accurate Drawings Taken on the Spot Author: Swinburne, Henry Place: London Publisher: Printed by J. Davis; for P. Elmsly Date: 1787 Description: 2 volumes. xvii, [7], 373, [6 index]; [8], 469, [7 index] pp. Frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 10 folding copper-engraved plates. (8vo) later full leather, gilt spines, red and green morocco spine labels. Second Edition. This second edition contains the author's journey from Bayonne to Marseilles. Of primary importance for the treatment of the architectural wonders of pre-Castillan Spain. Provenance: Mary Poulton Dawkins (1820-1906). ESTC T88895. Lot Amendments Condition: Moderate to heavily rubbed extremities, joints cracking; some pencil marks, including to frontis, front and rear free endpaper of Vol. 1; mild offsetting to title page of Vol. 1; some plates with slight loss at edges or a few very short tears; foxed; else very good. Item number: 201979
Title: Travels Through Spain, in the Years 1775 and 1776. In Which Several Monuments of Roman and Moorish Architecture are Illustrated by Accurate Drawings Taken on the Spot Author: Swinburne, Henry Place: London Publisher: Printed by J. Davis; for P. Elmsly Date: 1787 Description: 2 volumes. xvii, [7], 373, [6 index]; [8], 469, [7 index] pp. Frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 10 folding copper-engraved plates. (8vo) later full leather, gilt spines, red and green morocco spine labels. Second Edition. This second edition contains the author's journey from Bayonne to Marseilles. Of primary importance for the treatment of the architectural wonders of pre-Castillan Spain. Provenance: Mary Poulton Dawkins (1820-1906). ESTC T88895. Lot Amendments Condition: Moderate to heavily rubbed extremities, joints cracking; some pencil marks, including to frontis, front and rear free endpaper of Vol. 1; mild offsetting to title page of Vol. 1; some plates with slight loss at edges or a few very short tears; foxed; else very good. Item number: 201979
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