Author: Fellowes, W.D.
Title: A VISIT TO THE MONASTERY OF LA TRAPPE in 1817: With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris.
Description: William Stockdale, 1818. 1st Ed. Large paper Copy. xii + 188pp. 12 hand coloured aquatint plates, 1 engraved plate, 1 etched plate with coloured duplicate laid over, 1 vignette laid down. Very light browning, pp159-162 lightly browned soiled and creased, marbled e.ps., rebound in modern gilt ruled edged black morocco, gilt tooling and motifs with gilt lettering to spine, a handsome volume. ¶ Abbey Travel 86; Tooley, 212. Martin Hardie, pp.313; Prideaux pp.335, pp.375. The plates include depictions of scenes associated with Peter Abelard and Heloise. This work with views of Northern France achieved great popularity and three further editions appeared.

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; EUROPE


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