HOBHOUSE, BENJAMIN. Remarks on Several Parts of France, Italy, &c. in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785. Bath: printed by R. Cruttwell, 1796. 8vo (200 x 116 mm). vi, [7]-340 + [1 errata] pp. Near period half red straight-grained morocco over drab boards. Few spots at ends, overall fine. Provenance: William Beckford (pencil manuscript notes laid in). PRIVATELY PRINTED, WILLIAM BECKFORD'S COPY. Beckford and Benjamin Hobhouse [1757-1831] were fellow MPs. The present letters from Hobhouse's travels in France in the mid-1780s were never published but only distributed to friends. Beckford in his notes picks up on a few tidbits of interest to himself.
HOBHOUSE, BENJAMIN. Remarks on Several Parts of France, Italy, &c. in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785. Bath: printed by R. Cruttwell, 1796. 8vo (200 x 116 mm). vi, [7]-340 + [1 errata] pp. Near period half red straight-grained morocco over drab boards. Few spots at ends, overall fine. Provenance: William Beckford (pencil manuscript notes laid in). PRIVATELY PRINTED, WILLIAM BECKFORD'S COPY. Beckford and Benjamin Hobhouse [1757-1831] were fellow MPs. The present letters from Hobhouse's travels in France in the mid-1780s were never published but only distributed to friends. Beckford in his notes picks up on a few tidbits of interest to himself.
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