Memoir descriptive of the resources, inhabitants, and hydrography of Sicily

£950.00

SMYTH, Captain William Henry SKU: 21088

and its islands, interspersed with antiquarian and other notices

London: John Murray, 1824.

Dedicated, by permission, to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, and intended to accompany the atlas of Sicily, published at their office. Captain Smyth fellow of the Astronomical and Antiquarian Societies of London. Quarto. pp xvi, 291, lxxiii, [1[, [15]. Folding map of Sicily at the front and fourteen aquatint plates. Half-title present. Bound in later half calf over marbled boards, heavily gilt spine with panels and dark red label. Pages edges marbled to match sides and endpapers. Some spots of mild foxing in places in the text, mainly marginal. A bright, tight and attractive copy.