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Bakewell, R.
Travels, Comprising Observations Made During a Residence in the Tarentaise, and Various Parts of the Grecian and Pennine Alps. and in Switzerland and Auvergne, in the Years 1820, 1821, and 1822.
Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London;
Date of Publication: 1823
Stock Code: 6914
First edition. Two volumes. Octavo, pp., xvi, 381; vii, [1], 447. With four full-page aquatints (including frontispieces to each volume) plus 19 woodcuts within the text to Vol I and 8 woodcuts to Vol II, as called for. Polished half-calf with leather title labels, gilt titles and foliate motifs to compartments; marbled boards and matching edges. Joints cracked but holding well to Vol II; first gathering Vol I loose but still attached by the cords. Armorial bookplate of Francis Garnham to each front paste-down; minor scattered foxing, heavier to endpapers, otherwise contents clean. A very good set. Observations from a 4-month journey in the Tarentaise and parts of Savoy, with observations on the landscape, inhabitants and geology, hitherto little visited by British tourists. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. A handsome set.

£525.00