Author: Peter Beckford
Title: Familiar Letters from Italy, to a Friend in England
Description: London, Printed and sold by J Easton, 1805. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Peter Beckford's collected familiar letters from Italy in two uniform leather bound volumes. The first edition of this work, in two volumes. Bound without half titles. Peter Beckford's collection of letters written in 1787 Italy before France's invasion. A fascinating work exploring the Italian peninsula before the changes brought by the Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars.Peter Beckford was the cousin of William Beckford, the noted Gothic author. Rebound in uniform half calf over marbled boards, titles in gilt to morocco spine label, gilt tooling to spine panels. Externally smart with light rubbing to spine, boards, and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting scattered to leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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