[Italy] Letters From The North Of Italy - and similar items

[Italy] (Rose, William Stewart), LETTERS FROM THE NORTH OF ITALY, London: John Murray, 1819. 1st ed. rebound, OE leather/marbled paper hardcover w/red Morocco/gilt spine label, Very Good+/n.a., 8vo, (9x6?), 2 volumes, pp. xi, [1], 339, [1]; viii, 229, [1]. Beautifully rebound with fresh end-papers, small amount of damp-staining at the tail end hinges of both title pages and a few pages before and after, small amount of soiling/spotting at title pages and sporadically throughout the text block although of negligible amount. Hinges and joints are tight and secure, previous owner?s notes on paste-down of v.1 regarding the author of the work, remarkably clean and nice overall. "Letters from the North of Italy," published in 1819 by William Stewart Rose, is a collection of travel writings addressed to Henry Hallam, Esq. The work offers a detailed and reflective account of Rose?s journey through northern Italy. It is hard to beat an eye-witness account and description of Northern Italy from over 200 years ago. Quite the distinguished sector of Captured Tyme!