Memoir Descriptive of the Resources, Inhabitants, and Hydrography of S

SMYTH (William Henry).

Memoir Descriptive of the Resources, Inhabitants, and Hydrography of Sicily and its Islands, interspersed with antiquarian and other notices ... intended to accompany the Atlas of Sicily, ...

WITH BEAUTIFUL AQUATINTS BY WILLIAM DANIELL

First Edition. Double-page engraved map of Sicily, fourteen full-page plates in aquatint, by William Daniell, three with two images. 4to. (265 x 211 mm); Contemporary half calf with label to spine. Some light spotting, contemporary pencil annotations and marks, corners rubbed. xvi [but xiv], 291, lxxiii, [xviii]pp. London, John Murray, 1824.

£1,000.00

First edition of this important description of Sicily with observations on geography, geology, climate, folklore and so on. William Henry “Mediterranean” Smyth (1788-1865) was tasked by the Admiralty with conducting a marine survey of the region. One of the products was his important chart-book of Sicily, which this text was intended to accompany.

The aquatint plates have been described as “probably the most exquisite specimens of uncoloured aquatints to be found in any book” (Prideaux).

Pine-Coffin 821/3; Abbey, Travel 263; Lowndes 2434: “An excellent work, of considerable value to officers on the Sicilian Station”.

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