Author: (QUEEN EMMA). J.J.L. ten KATE
Title: Italië. Reisherinneringen. (Fine Victorian deluxe binding from Utrecht).
Description: Arnhem, J.W. Swaan, [1857]. Full morocco with rich decoration on both sides (identical). xxviii, 404 pp. All edges gilt. With a full-page tinted lithograph as title page and three tinted lithographed extratext illustrations. List of subscribers after the title. 1st edition. Very light wear on corners, but a crisp and shiny book. Binder's mark of J. Herfkens Fz., Utrecht. The front and back covers have the same decoration: an elegant rococo frame with a lavish gatehouse behind which can be seen St. Peter's and the Forum, furnished with some typical Italians. In gold the name of cliché maker S.J. de Vries, Rokin. The lithographic title page seems to have served as the model for the binding decoration. The text describes an eight-week trip to Italy, interspersed with lofty poetry. With tinted lithographs of Vesuvius, the Forum Romanum and the Canal Grande, by C.C.A. Last. With a unique book binding, a true jewel! This book is said to come from Queen Emma (1858-1934) or a 19th-century Dutch royal collection.

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