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Image for Nouveau Guide de Florence et ses Environs, Compris la Vallombrosa, Alvernia et Camaldule, avec la Description de la Galerie des Statues et de Celle du Palais Pitti, du Gabinet Physique Ec. Ec., Ornee de Vues et Statues Plan de la Ville et Carte de la Toscane.

Nouveau Guide de Florence et ses Environs, Compris la Vallombrosa, Alvernia et Camaldule, avec la Description de la Galerie des Statues et de Celle du Palais Pitti, du Gabinet Physique Ec. Ec., Ornee de Vues et Statues Plan de la Ville et Carte de la Toscane.

By: N/A

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Florence, Chez Gaspard Ricci Marchand Libraire: 1844

Seller ID: 2198748

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

New edition. Boards toned and lightly rubbed, front and end matter foxed, a few text pages foxed, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1844 Hard Cover. 293, 210 pp. 12mo. French text. A 19th century guide to Florence. Two fold-out maps precede text, engraved illustrations and drawings in text.
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Guida per la Citta di Firenze e Suoi Contorni

By: N/A

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Firenze, Presso Ferdinando Formigli in Via Della Condotta: 1861

Seller ID: 2198749

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

New edition. Edges rubbed with small tears and minor loss to spine head and foot, front and end matter and page ridges foxed, 2 inch tear to front fold-out, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1861 Hard Cover. vii, [3], 310 pp. 12mo. Paper over boards Italian text. A 19th century guide to Florence. Fold-out map precedes text, engraved illustrations.
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Description de la Ville de Florence

By: N/A

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Florence, Au Cabinet a l'Enseigne de Pallas, Pres le Canto de' Pazzi, Rue Balestrieri.: 1819

Seller ID: 2198753

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Wrapper beginning to split along front joint, minor loss from spine, handwritten title on spine, ink name on front wrapper. 1819 Soft Cover. 171, [1], xxiv, [173]-178 pp. Printed wrappers. French text. An early 19th century guide to Florence, with fold-out map opposite title page.
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Image for Description de la Ville de Milan et de Ses Environs, Compris la Chartreuse Pres de Pavie et Excursions de Cette Capitale aux Lacs de Como, de Lugano, au Lac Majeur et a Varese, Exposees a l'Usage des Voyageurs, Accompagnees des Instructions et des Notices Nécessaires aux Etrangers qui se Proposent d'Examiner les Objets Interessans, que Presente Cette Belle Partie de la Lombardie

Description de la Ville de Milan et de Ses Environs, Compris la Chartreuse Pres de Pavie et Excursions de Cette Capitale aux Lacs de Como, de Lugano, au Lac Majeur et a Varese, Exposees a l'Usage des Voyageurs, Accompagnees des Instructions et des Notices Nécessaires aux Etrangers qui se Proposent d'Examiner les Objets Interessans, que Presente Cette Belle Partie de la Lombardie

By: N/A

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Milan, Chez Epimaque et Pascal Artaria: 1834

Seller ID: 2199179

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Nicely rebound - red cloth spine, paper over boards, gilt titles. Small stamp of Peabody Library appears twice inside, with their number on title page, owner bookplate on front endpaper, ink initials on half-title page. 1834 Hard Cover. 264, viii pp. 12mo. French text. Includes two fold-out maps and a fold-out engraving of the Duomo di Milano. A 19th century guide to Milan focusing on local architecture and other picturesque site-seeing opportunities.
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Objectif Paris: Images de la Ville a Travers Cinq Collections Photographiques Parisiennes

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Phileas Frog Paris Musees: 2003

Seller ID: 2202734

ISBN: 2879008085

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Text in English and French. Page very faintly toned. 2003 Soft Cover. 142 pp. Text in English and French. Can anyone every capture Paris? Through the magificent visual journey that is prposed to use, we can find at once the high moments of History and the simplicity of common life, the great portraits of the capital as well as its metamorphoses. Reflected by the masters of yesterday or the photographers of today, the urban landscapes appeal to us like so many inner landscapes and moments of emotion.
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Robin Hood Country: The County Guide to Nottinghamshire (Pitkin Guides)

By: N/A

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Pitkin: 1996

Seller ID: 2265015

ISBN: 0853728275

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Near Fine

A nice copy. 1996 Stapled Binding. 28 pp. CONTENTS: Robin Hood; Parks and Gardens; The Civil War; Literary Heritage; Market Towns; Religious Heritage; Roads, Canals and Railways; Mining and Making; Farming and Food; Sporting Nottinghamshire; Family Fun.
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Rollo's Tour in Europe [Rollo on the Rhine]

By: Abbott, Jacob

Price: $20.00

Publisher: D. Lothrop & Co.: 1858

Seller ID: 2203405

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

No jacket, spine edges rubbed, rear hinge starting. 1858 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 15, 218 pp. Abbott is most well known for the Rollo books. These didactic little books were vehicles to teach morality to youngsters. Of the several series that Rollo either starred in or was a secondary character, the most popular and well known was the ten book Rollo's Tour of Europe Series. In these tales Rollo and Mr. George toured Europe learning more about character and morality than they learned about the individual lands that were visited.
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Rollo in Geneva (Rollo's Tour in Europe)

By: Abbott, Jacob

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Sheldon & Co.: 1867

Seller ID: 2205836

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

No jacket, very faint discoloration to boards, front board lightly bowed, bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, ink name and date to front endpaper. 1867 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 220 pp. Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) was an American writer of children's books. He was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. His Rollo Books, such as Rollo at Work (1837) and Rollo at Play (1837) are the best known of his writings, having as their chief characters a represent...
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Image for Forestiere Illuminato Intorno le Cose Piu Rare e Curiose Della Citta di Venezia e dell'Isole Circonvicine (Collana di Bibliografia e Storia Veneziana N. 14)

Forestiere Illuminato Intorno le Cose Piu Rare e Curiose Della Citta di Venezia e dell'Isole Circonvicine (Collana di Bibliografia e Storia Veneziana N. 14)

By: Albrizzi, Giovanni Battista; Stefanutti, Ugo

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Arnaldo Forni Editore: 1984

Seller ID: 2198605

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Owner bookplate on front endpaper, small surface tear on reverse of jacket spine (possibly from removal of a mylar cover that was affixed with tape?). 1984 Hard Cover. 342 pp. 8vo. 1984 facsimile of original 1740 edition, including all original illustrations and fold-out map. A guide book to Venice by an Italian journalist best known for his work Gerusalemme Liberata.
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A Hilltop on the Marne: Being Letters Written June 3 - September 8, 1914

By: Aldrich, Mildred

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap: 1918

Seller ID: 2266164

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

No jacket, endpapers faintly toned, pencil name on second blank. 1918 Hard Cover. 187 pp. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs. Mildred Aldrich (November 16, 1853[1] – February 19, 1928) was an American journalist and writer. Aldrich moved to Huiry, near Paris, in 1914, only months before the outbreak of the First World War.[2] Her house there overlooked the Marne river valley, and her experiences during the First Battle of the Marne, as detailed in her letters to friends in the U.S., constitute her first book, A Hilltop on the Marne (1915).
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Viaggio da Napoli a Castellammare con 42 Disegni di Achille Gigante

By: Alvino, Francesco

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Napoli, Associazione Napoletana per i Monumenti e il Paesaggio / Tipografia Gennaro D'Agostino: 1965

Seller ID: 2198606

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Limited edition, #398 of 550. Light wear to corners. 1965 Trade Paperback. 310, [5] pp. Plain wrappers, printed dust jacket. Italian text. 1965 reissue of Alvino's 1845 account of 19th century Naples, with 42 illustrations by Achille Gigante.
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Viaggio da Milano ai Tre Laghi Maggiore, di Lugano e di Como e ne' Monti Che li Circondano

By: Amoretti, C. [Carlo]

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Milano, Dalla Tipografia di Giovanni Silvestri: 1814

Seller ID: 2198736

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Fourth edition. Includes fold-out map. Boards lightly rubbed, contemporary owner bookplate (Buri) and modern owner bookplate on front endpaper, lightly foxed. 1814 Half-Leather. 8, 325, [1] pp. 8vo. Fold-out map follows text. A 19th century travelogue of Milan by the scholar, writer, and scientist who taught ecclesiastical law. He was editor of the first scientific magazine published in Milan, wrote what is considered to be the first modern biography of Leonardo da Vinci, acted as conservator to the oldest public library in Europe, the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (Ambrosian Library), and ...
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Belgium and Holland: Handbook for Travellers

By: Baedeker, K. [Karl]

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Karl Baedeker: 1891

Seller ID: 2202711

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Marbled page ridges. Front and rear hinges starting, ink name to front endpaper. 1891 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. lxii, 401 pp. With 13 maps and 20 plans. CONTENTS: Introduction: A) Belgium, B) Holland; Belgium; Luxembourg; Holland; Maps; Plans of Towns; Abbreviations.
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Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol: Handbook for Travellers

By: Baedeker, K. [Karl]

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Karl Baedeker: 1891

Seller ID: 2202712

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Marbled page ridges. Front and rear hinges starting, ink name to front endpaper. 1891 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xxviii, 498 pp. With 39 maps, 11 plans, and 21 panoramas. CONTENTS: I. Northern Switzerland; II. Lake of Lucerne and Environs. The St. Gotthard.; III. The Bernese Oberland; IV. Western Switzerland. Lake of Geneva. Lower Valley of the Rhone.; V. Savoy, the Valais, and the adjacent Italian Alps; VI. S.E. Switzerland. The Grisons.; VII. The Italian Lakes; List of Maps; Panoramas and Views; Plans of Towns; Abbreviations.
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The Rhine, Including the Black Forest and the Vosges

By: Baedeker, Karl

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Karl Baedeker: 1911

Seller ID: 2294994

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Seventeenth revised edition. General wear. 1911 Small Hard Cover. xxxiv, 554 pp. 6 1/4 x 4 1/4. Marbled page ridges. Fold-out maps in text. With 69 maps and 59 plans. CONTENTS: I. North Part of Rhenish Prussia; II. The Rhine from Cologne to Coblez; Valley of the Lahn; Westerwald; III. West Part of Rhenish Prussia and Lorraine; IV. The Rhine from Coblenz to Mayence; Frankfort; Taunus; V. Grand-Duchies of Hesse (right bank of the Rhine) and Baden; VI. Rhenish Hesse; Bavarian Palatinate; Alsace; Maps. Plans.
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Northern France from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire Excluding Paris and Its Environs

By: Baedeker, Karl

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Karl Baedeker: 1909

Seller ID: 2299193

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Fifth edition. Fold-out maps in text. Coloring marks on some pages, light stain. 1909 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xxxvi, 454 pp. Page ridges marbled. Handbook for travellers. With 16 maps and 55 plans. Fold-out maps in text. CONTENTS: Introduction; Northern France: North-Eastern France; Normandy; Brittany and the Banks of the Loire; District between Paris, the Vosges, the Jura and the Loire; Maps; Plans of Towns.
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Dreams, Waking Thoughts and Incidents

By: Beckford, William [Thomas]; Gemmett, Robert J.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Rutherford / Madison / Teaneck, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press: 1971

Seller ID: 2198602

ISBN: 0838676480

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Owner bookplate on front endpaper, jacket lightly rubbed and toned, jacket price clipped. 1971 Hard Cover. 328 pp. 8vo. Edited, with an introduction and notes, by Robert J. Gemmett. A travel memoir by the British writer best known for Vathek, a pseudo-Oriental Gothic novel, but also notable for his extensive collection of art (much of which now resides in museums), and his construction of Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower. Practically a verbatim reprint of the suppressed edition of 1783... [published] in 1834 as the first volume of Italy; with some Sketches of Spain and Portugal. The 1783 edit...
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Observations on Italy.

By: Bell, John

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Boston, Wells and Lilly: 1826

Seller ID: 2198798

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

First American edition. Rebacked with plain brown cloth, new headband, endpapers, and flyleaves. Boards lightly foxed with minor internal chip to paper on rear board, a few text pages lightly foxed. 1826 Hard Cover. xii, 331 pp. 8vo. A 19th century Italian travelogue [o]n Milan, Florence, Rome and Naples, in 1817-18, by the Scottish anatomist and fellow of the Royal Academy of Surgeons who is considered an innovator in the field of vascular surgery (Pine-Coffin 8178. This work is based on a journey to Italy Bell undertook as an effort to improve his health following a fall from his horse. His ...
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Viaggio Storico e Pittorico Ossia Guida Della Toscana

By: Bennassuti, Giuseppe

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Arnaldo Forni Editore: 1975

Seller ID: 2199173

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1975 Large Hardcover. [6], 16, [2] pp. Italian text. 44 leaves of engraved plates. A 1975 facsimile of the 1830s tour of Tuscany featuring engraved illustrations by Bernardino Rosaspina.
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Great Railway Stations of Europe

By: Binney, Marcus; Hamm, Manfred; Foehl, Axel

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Thames & Hudson: 1985

Seller ID: 2295694

ISBN: 0500013462

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Top page ridge very faintly foxed. Minor general wear. 1985 Large Hardcover. 144 pp. Includes 107 illustrations, 50 in color. Briefly traces the history of railway stations, shows stations in Britain, Germany, Finland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, and Holland, and describes each terminal's background.
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The Hidden Serbia

By: Bosnic, Dragan

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Karic Foundation: 2003

Seller ID: 2272198

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

A nice copy. 2003 Large Hardcover. 149 pp. A beautiful photographic expose of the eastern European land of Serbia.
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Ireland

By: Bourniquel, Camille; Fisher, John

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Vista Books: 1960

Seller ID: 2269110

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Spine creased, one-and-a-half inch tear to front wrapper along spine, wrappers and pages lightly toned. 1960 Trade Paperback. 191 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Then: When No English Were There - The Agony of the Gaels - The Ireland of Silence - Liberty to Do What? - Foreign Brothers; Now: Strange Dublin - Peace at Home - The Vanishing Irish - The Gaelic Renaissance - Everyday Passions - The Isle of Saints; For Ever: The Art of Signs - The Vanishing Painting - Abbey Street - The Death of Ossian - Anna Livia; Appendices; Practical Information.
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Viaggiatori stranieri in terra di Siena

By: Brilli, Attilio

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Roma, Monte Dei Paschi di Siena: 1986

Seller ID: 2199172

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Top page ridge lightly foxed, otherwise an excellent copy. 1986 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 331, [2] pp. Italian text. A tour of Sienna profusely illustrated with color photographs and illustrations, and reproductions of historical illustrations and documents.
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Alla ricerca degli itinerari perduti / In Search of Lost Itineraries

By: Brilli, Attilio

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Milano, Silvana Editoriale: 1988

Seller ID: 2199385

ISBN: 8836602258

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Includes publisher's slipcase. Top corner lightly bumped, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1988 Large Hardcover. We have more books available by this author!. 167, [1]; 22 pp. Italian text, with English translation included in a separate paperback supplement. A collection of narratives of Italian voyages by notable individuals, with reproductions of color and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Includes mentions of the following: Mary Shelley; Henry James; John Ruskin; Gabriele d'Annunzio; Charles Dickens; William Hazlitt; John Milton; Frances Trollope; Michel de Montaigne; Aldous Hux...
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Life on the Lagoons

By: Brown, Horatio [Robert] F. [Forbes]

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, Rivingtons: 1900

Seller ID: 2198746

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Third edition. Ink name and date on half-title page, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1900 Hard Cover. [vi], 297, 31, [1] pp. 8vo. A history and topography of the area surrounding Venice, by the Scottish historian specializing in Italian history, and best known for his Calendar of State Papers (Venetian). Based in part on journeys undertaken with Brown's friend, and fellow Italian historian, John Addington Symonds. Black-and-white illustrations.
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Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6)

By: Butler, Samuel; Streatfeild, R.A.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, A.C. Fifield: 1913

Seller ID: 2198747

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

New and enlarged edition. Front matter and page ridges foxed, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1913 Hard Cover. 335, [16] pp. 8vo. An account of holidays in Italy, by the author of the Utopian satire Erewhon and the semi-autobiographical novel The Way of All Flesh. This edition includes author's revisions, an index, and an introduction by R.A. Streatfeild.
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Zig-Zag Journeys in Classic Lands; or Tommy Toby's Trip to Mount Parnassus.

By: Butterworth, Hezekiah

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Boston, Estes and Lauriat: 1880

Seller ID: 2201391

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

1881 reprint. Edges rubbed. 1880 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author! xii, 318 pp. Pictorial paper over boards. Decorative endpapers. Includes black and white illustrations. Zigzag Journeys in Europe, and its large sale and continued success have led the publishers and the writer to plan a series of entertaining and instructive books which shall illustrate the scenery, manners and customs, history and legendary lore of different parts of the world. It was decided that the second volume should be such as would tend to awaken an interest in classical studies, and afford a...
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Dall'Arno al Tebro: Escursioni per la Provincia d'Arezzo

By: Carloni, Giuseppe

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Arnaldo Forni Editore: 1986

Seller ID: 2198617

ISBN: 8827125744

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1986 Hard Cover. 346 pp. 8vo. Italian text. 1986 facsimile of the edition published in Pistoia in 1889-90. A guide to the Italian province of Arezzo, including several large fold-outs.
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A Northern Summer; or, Travels Round the Baltick; through Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Prussia, and Part of Germany. in the Year 1804.

By: Carr, John

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Cady & Eells: 1806

Seller ID: 2285922

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fair

Second Connecticut edition. Front board loose, front hinge repaired, 'Milford Library No 270.' in black ink on title page. 1806 Full-Leather. x, [11]-330, [4] pp. 12mo. A European travelogue by the itinerant voyager who also wrote The Stranger in Ireland and The Stranger in Paris. Byron referred to him as Europe's wandering star in an unpublished version of Childe Harold. This work first appeared in two volumes in 1805.
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Some Effects of the Climate of Italy

By: Chambers, Thomas King

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, John Churchill and Sons / J.E. Adlard: 1865

Seller ID: 2199185

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition in book form. Presentation copy - 'With the author's compliments' in ink on front endpaper, owner bookplate on front paste-down, faint stain to board edges. 1865 Hard Cover. 95, [1] pp. 8vo. An examination of the health benefits of the Italian climate, written by a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. From the preface: This small volume contains the substance of a short course of lectures, written during the leisure of an involuntary holiday, delivered a few weeks since in the theatre of St. Mary's Hospital, and reported in the 'Lancet.' I rejoice in the opportunity which p...
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