Thommas M'Lean

Superb illustrated edition with 12 hors-texte aquatints finely hand-painted and drawn by the author, printed on strong laid paper with wide margins and airy typography. Statement of 4th edition, the first having been published by William Stockdale. The plates bear the date of May 1818, by William Stockdale. 2 plates in black and one engraving painted in colors, bringing the total number of plates to 15.
Contemporary full straight-grained dark green morocco binding. Spine with false flat raised bands decorated with 3 mirrored tools in compartments with ornaments and fillets, roulettes on the bands. Green morocco title labels. Boards decorated with a succession of blind and gilt frames, radiating from center outward, and a curious central blind ornament with gilt fleuron. Interior decorative border. Edges gilt. One gathering protruding with visible stitching. A fine scratch on the upper board. Very clean throughout and remarkably fresh, except for the darker trace of the tissue guard (which fortunately were not left) on the title page.
Very handsome copy in a deluxe binding of this deluxe edition.
This journey symbolizes a romantic and literary pilgrimage to the abbey of La Trappe, in the environs of Paris, in Anjou, Mayenne, Brittany, Poitou and Brittany...