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First Impressions on a Tour upon the Continent in the Summer of 1818, Through Parts of France, Italy, Switzerland, the Borders of Germany, and a Part of French Flanders
by BAILLIE, MARIANNE
- Used
- Condition
- Some light foxing and stains; fine copy.
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1819, 1819. First edition. Robinson, Wayward Women, page 275; Pine-Coffin, page 175. Some light foxing and stains; fine copy.. 8vo, contemporary acid-stained brown calf, gilt decorated and lettered spine. Frontispiece, three aquatint illustrations and one engraved plate, probably after illustrations by the author. The first of two travel narratives by English poet Marianne Baillie (1775-1831), written with a "ladylike attitude to touring" (Robinson), in which she extols the beautiful, but is easily uncomfortable with surroundings to which she is unaccustomed. In her reserved preface, Baillie apologizes for leaning toward romance in her prose and an inclination to imitate the travel writing of Ann Radcliffe. The artist of the aquatint illustrations is not identified, but Baillie did the illustrations in a similar style for her second travelogue about Portugal, and it is likely she did these as well. Contemporary bookplate on the front paste-down.
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- Bookseller
- The Brick Row Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28198
- Title
- First Impressions on a Tour upon the Continent in the Summer of 1818, Through Parts of France, Italy, Switzerland, the Borders of Germany, and a Part of French Flanders
- Author
- BAILLIE, MARIANNE
- Format/Binding
- Robinson, Wayward Women, page 275; Pine-Coffin, page 175
- Book Condition
- Used - Some light foxing and stains; fine copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- London: John Murray, 1819
- Date Published
- 1819
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bookplate
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine
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- Plate
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