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    By Louisa Stuart Costello
    London   John Ollivier
    9" by 5.5" [5], vi, [1], 2-453pp
    A rare first edition copy of this travel work on Venice by prolific female travel writer, Louisa Stuart Costello.
    By Louisa Stuart Costello

    1846 A Tour To and From Venice by the Vaudois and the Tyrol

    London   John Ollivier
    9" by 5.5" [5], vi, [1], 2-453pp
    A rare first edition copy of this travel work on Venice by prolific female travel writer, Louisa Stuart Costello.
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    : 1kgs / : 702L29

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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon

    Prior owner's inscription to the title page, W P Jillard. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and two plates. Collated, complete. Bookseller's label, Pocock Bath to the front pastedown. Louisa Stuart Costello was an Anglo-Irish writer. She was associated with other great authors of the time such as Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens and Thomas Moore. A smart first edition copy of this work. It is a scarce title in any edition.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with minor bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Fading to the spine and extremities. Small loss to the cloth at the joints and to the head and tail of spine. Inscription to the title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Occasional scattered spots to pages.

    Very Good

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