Lot 1173 , Lear, Edward - Illustrated Excursions in Italy, 4to, half title, title-page with lithographed vignette, full-page map hand-coloured in outline, 30 sepia-tinted lithographed plates, 4pp. of sheet music bound at rear, orig

° Lear, Edward - Illustrated Excursions in Italy, 4to, half title, title-page with lithographed vignette, full-page map hand-coloured in outline, 30 sepia-tinted lithographed plates, 4pp. of sheet music bound at rear, original green cloth blocked in gilt and blind, Thomas McLean, London, 1846. Note: A second volume was published in the same year.
£500-700

Condition:
corners worn, sometime rebacked with (sl. worn) spine laid down, some title spotting, most plates spotting/soiling (some marginally, others incl. plt. surface, 2/3 markedly so), approx. 15 leaves at end with lower margin staining (clear of text etc); orig. e/ps retained. xii, 144 pp. and (4)pp. music appendix