Lot 1183 , [M.R.R.] Letters from Egypt and Italy during the Winter of 1879-80.

° [M.R.R.] Letters from Egypt and Italy during the Winter of 1879-80. By a Lady to her Daughter. (1), 100, 30pp. contemp. gilt decorated red morocco, ge. and patterned e/ps, sm. 8vo. (privately printed), Preston Lodge, Cupar: 1880. * the writer inon the front blank that they were printed 'entirely without any knowledge...', the final 30pp. are headed - Notes of a Nile Tour 1879. Reprinted from the "Fife Herald" and evidently by her husband.
£120-160

Condition:
lt. spine wear, faint mark (?wine glass) on upper board, some browning e/p. edges. only pp 78-100 concern Italy. Other ownerships are Eliza Gibb (1881) and G Matheson (1910).Very few copies printed (?), not in BL or Nat. Lib. Scotland.