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    By [William Henry Bartlett]
    London   Arthur Hall, Virtue, & Co.
    10" by 7" iii, 200pp, [16]
    The picturesque landscapes of Sicily, and its Grecian, Norman, and Saracenic buildings are captured beautifully captured in this first edition of William Henry Bartlett's work
    By [William Henry Bartlett]

    1853 Pictures from Sicily

    London   Arthur Hall, Virtue, & Co.
    10" by 7" iii, 200pp, [16]
    The picturesque landscapes of Sicily, and its Grecian, Norman, and Saracenic buildings are captured beautifully captured in this first edition of William Henry Bartlett's work
    £60.00
    : 1.5kgs / : 849N8
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    First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

    The varied architecture and picturesque landscapes of Sicily are captured beautifully captured in this first edition of William Henry Bartlett's work. With sixteen in-text wood engravings, and thirty three plates of steel engravings, collated but lacking the sixth plate, The Castle of Aci. No author given. Author ascertained using JISC from a copy held at the University of St. Andrews

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, a little worn. Rubbed to the boards and the spine with a couple of tears in the cloth to the rear joint, and one large tear in the cloth to the front joint. Bumped to the tail of the spine with a couple of closed tears, whereas the cloth flaps to the head of the spine. Front and rear hinge starting. Internally, generally firmly bound. The front endpaper and frontispiece are disbound but present, and the gutter is visible between pages 112 and 113, 128 and 129, and 144 to 145. Heavily foxed to the frontispiece and half title, but pages are generally bright and clean otherwise, with some moderate foxing to the plates and their surrounding pages.

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