Italy

x, 208pp; thirty-two colour plates. Red cloth-covered boards, blind embossed design and border on front, gilt titles on front and spine. 8vo. Sun faded spine. Extremities bumped. Crease to front board. Stains including paint specks on front. Text block edges foxing. Endpapers tanned, foxing to prelims. Gutters cracked. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight, barring very occasional spotting. 8vo.

Published over a century ago to give, with the help of pictures, some general and comprehensive idea of the country which is a second fatherland to every civilised man.