- 159
Lear, Edward.
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- Views in Rome and its Environs. London: T. M'Lean, 1841
first edition, folio (538 x 367mm.), lithographed title with tinted vignette, list of subjects, and 25 tinted plates after Lear, publisher's morocco-backed cloth boards, upper cover and flat spine lettered in gilt, title somewhat spotted and stained, plates becoming loose (gutta percha perished), ends of spine and corners rubbed and bumped
Literature
Abbey, Travel 183; Tooley (1954) 294
Catalogue Note
The first of Lear's illustrated travel books. Altogether 209 copies were subscribed, including Queen Victoria, four members of the Royal family and Lord and Lady Stanley (Lear's first patrons).