Description: Samuel Irenaeus PRIME (1812-1885). Travels in Europe and the East : a year in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt ... with engravings. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. 2 volumes, 12mo (7 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches), pp. [i-iv; i-]iv-xi[-xii; 13-]14-405[-406]. [i-iv; i-]iv-vi; [7-]8-440. Numerous wood-engraved illustrations (21 of them full-page), extra-illustrated with 2pp of small format penciled notes by Metcalfe tipped in at the rear of vol.I (Occasional light old staining). Original blue/green textured cloth, the covers elaborately blocked in blind, the spines in gilt, cream-glazed endpapers (spines faded and lightly soiled, damage with light loss to the head of the spine of vol.II, some light discoloration to covers [see images]). Provenance: Edwin Metcalf (Early signature in both volumes, penciled notes). First edition: a lively description of what amounted to an American ‘Grand Tour’.
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Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: new york
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Samuel Irenaeus Prime
Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers
Topic: Travel
Subject: Exploration & Travel
Year Printed: 1855
Original/Facsimile: Original