Search Results: Journals Of a Landscape Painter In Southern Cala… by Edward Lear

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Richard Bentley, 1852. Hardback, half-calf, probably late 19th century, with marbled paper covered boards. 24.5 x 15cm. xxx, [4], 284pp. Complete with two lithographed maps and 20 tinted lithographed plates. Bound without half-title and the publishers ads to rear. Initial blanks replaced. Previous titled owner's armorial bookplate on the front pastedown, and his wife's signature on the title page. Spine slightly faded. A little marginal toning and the odd spot but a pretty clean copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Richard Bentley, 1852. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. Edward Lear. 8vo. pp. XX, [4], 281, [1] With 21 sepia lithograph plates including 2 maps. Bound in publisher's blind stamped blue cloth; corners slightly bumped; re-backed preserving original gilt cloth spine - some wear, spots of discoloring, a couple letters faded. Endpapers are renewed in matching cream paper. Old inscription written on half title dated 1853; tiny date stamp on upper corner of title page; rear fly-leaf marked "National Library of Canada Seen by NLC." No other institutional markings. Scattered foxing - usually mild (heavier on verso blanks of some plates). The frontispiece map displays light but uniformly distributed foxing; 3-4 plates contain heavier spots of foxing - mostly marginal. A generally sound and attractive copy. Edward Lear (1812-1888) - English artist who is best known for the caricatures in his numerous nonsense books. Lear, however, was also an extensive traveler who produced… Read More

(London): Richard Bentley, 1852. In 8 (cm 16 x 26), pp. XX + (4) + 284 + (4) di catalogo editoriale con 2 cartine iniziali fuori testo su foglio singolo (Calabria Ulteriore e Basilicata) e 20 tavole fuori testo incise in litografia con vedute e scorci di: Reggio Calabria, Bova, Palizzi, foreste di Pietrapennata, Madonna di Polsi, Gerace, Rocella, Stilo, Gioiosa, Canolo, San Giorgio, Palmi, Bagnara, Scilla, Pentedattilo, Convento di Montevergine, Melfi, Castel del Monte, Venosa, S. Michele di Monte Voltorre. Legatura coeva in piena tela con titolo oro al dorso. Edizione originale del racconto di viaggio dell'inglese Edward Lear, intrapreso a piedi nel 1847, presso la "Punta dello Stivale", ovvero la zona sud della Calabria (con un'ultima parte riservata alla Lucania e alle Murge), alla ricerca del "retorico pittoresco" e delle "piu' suggestive scene che si possano trovare nella bella Italia". Lear, scrittore, maestro di pittura della regina Vittoria, e disegnatore della Royal Zoological Society,… Read More