Louis SIMOND
Voyage en Italie et en Sicile
A. Sautelet et Compagnie|Paris 1828|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 tomes en un volume relié
First edition, illustrated with 2 in-text figures and two hors-texte (repeated), as well as a table (population movement in the city of Rome).
Contemporary half-calf binding in glazed hazelnut. Spine with false raised bands decorated with thick and thin fillets, in blind and gilt, roulette at head and foot. Black shagreen title label. Signs of rubbing. Scattered browning, notably on title page, then mainly in margins, but erratically. Small lack to lower joint at foot. Handsome copy.
Journey that begins at Lake Maggiore in Duomo d'Ossola, a small town on the Italian border in 1817 and ends in 1818 at Suse, near Turin. Beyond the interest of the journey to Sicily and Etna, to Pompei
Contemporary half-calf binding in glazed hazelnut. Spine with false raised bands decorated with thick and thin fillets, in blind and gilt, roulette at head and foot. Black shagreen title label. Signs of rubbing. Scattered browning, notably on title page, then mainly in margins, but erratically. Small lack to lower joint at foot. Handsome copy.
Journey that begins at Lake Maggiore in Duomo d'Ossola, a small town on the Italian border in 1817 and ends in 1818 at Suse, near Turin. Beyond the interest of the journey to Sicily and Etna, to Pompei
€450