Scenes De La Vie Italienne..
Bound in original marbled boards with green morocco spine. Marbled endpapers and edges. Vol. 1, hinges weak. Wear to edges of boards.
£150.00
Details
SCARCE TWO VOLUME ACCOUNT OF A FRENCH ROMANTIC WRITER'S TRAVELS IN ITALY, 1837
Publisher
Bruxelles; Meline, Cans et Compagnie,
Date
1837
Synopsis
Par mery. tome premier. tome second.
Item Description
12mo., vol.1, 254 + [2] pp. [2], 1-21. Vol. 2, 266 + [2] pp. 1-23{2}.
Notes
Second edition printed in Brussels, the same year as the first Paris edition
Joseph Mery (1798-1865) was a French romantic poet, novelist and librettist. The chapter, Comme on s'instruit en voygeant, (vol.2) reports a dialogue between two seasick passengers en route from Naples to Livorno, which, for the author, was 'beaucoup plus amusantes pour moi que le spectacle de Livourne et de la mer.'
Scarce and hard to find.
[Stock No. 19235]
