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Auction archive: Lot number 127

BARETTI, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio. A Journey from London to Genoa through England, Portugal, Spain, and France , London: for T. Davies and L. Davis, 1770, 4 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH (old ink stains to U8v and X1r of vol. II, end quires of v...

Auction 18.10.1996
18 Oct 1996
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$634 - US$951
Price realised:
£437
ca. US$692
Auction archive: Lot number 127

BARETTI, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio. A Journey from London to Genoa through England, Portugal, Spain, and France , London: for T. Davies and L. Davis, 1770, 4 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH (old ink stains to U8v and X1r of vol. II, end quires of v...

Auction 18.10.1996
18 Oct 1996
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$634 - US$951
Price realised:
£437
ca. US$692
Beschreibung:

BARETTI, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio. A Journey from London to Genoa through England, Portugal, Spain, and France , London: for T. Davies and L. Davis, 1770, 4 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH (old ink stains to U8v and X1r of vol. II, end quires of vol. III slightly dampstained), contemporary tree calf (rubbed, joints weak), occasional manuscript corrections in an early hand. [Cox I, p. 140: "Italian original, Milan, 1761 ... the greater part of these travels have to do with Portugal and Spain"; Lowndes I, 113: "an entertaining work"] -- Hester Lynch PIOZZI. Observations and Reflections made in the course of a journey through France, Italy and Germany , London: for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1789, 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION (C 1- 4 dampstained, some further staining and soiling to the same vol., both vols. spotted), contemporary marbled boards (rebacked in calf). [Cox I, p. 159; Lowndes V, 1872: "an agreeable and amusing tour"; Pine-Coffin 784.5; Rothschild 1551] With Baretti's Account of the manner and customs of Italy (London, 1768, 2 vols., lacking B4 and B5 in vol. II). (8)

Auction archive: Lot number 127
Auction:
Datum:
18 Oct 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

BARETTI, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio. A Journey from London to Genoa through England, Portugal, Spain, and France , London: for T. Davies and L. Davis, 1770, 4 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH (old ink stains to U8v and X1r of vol. II, end quires of vol. III slightly dampstained), contemporary tree calf (rubbed, joints weak), occasional manuscript corrections in an early hand. [Cox I, p. 140: "Italian original, Milan, 1761 ... the greater part of these travels have to do with Portugal and Spain"; Lowndes I, 113: "an entertaining work"] -- Hester Lynch PIOZZI. Observations and Reflections made in the course of a journey through France, Italy and Germany , London: for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1789, 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION (C 1- 4 dampstained, some further staining and soiling to the same vol., both vols. spotted), contemporary marbled boards (rebacked in calf). [Cox I, p. 159; Lowndes V, 1872: "an agreeable and amusing tour"; Pine-Coffin 784.5; Rothschild 1551] With Baretti's Account of the manner and customs of Italy (London, 1768, 2 vols., lacking B4 and B5 in vol. II). (8)

Auction archive: Lot number 127
Auction:
Datum:
18 Oct 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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