Morocco Its People And Places, In Two Volumes (Volume II)
de de Amicis, Edmondo
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Henry T. Coates & Co., Philadelphia, 1897; First Edition; 8vo, 226 pages; blue cloth; gilt board decorations; gilt top edges; illustrated. Volume II of the fascinating and frequently shocking first hand account of a state visit to Morocco by Edmondo Amicis as a member of the 1876 Italian diplomatic mission which gave the first view to Western eyes of life behind the veil of the exotic cultures of North Africa. Translated into English in 1897 from the thirteenth Italian edition by Maria Honor Lansdale. Illustrated with 25 beautiful rich photogravure plates of the land and people of Morocco, each with identifying letterpressed guard tissue. Nicely bound in dark blue cloth with ornate gilt Moorish design and red silk marker ribbon. Fine. Clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, binding tight, sound and square, all gilding brilliant. Tipped-in color fold out map of Morocco at the back. Previous owner neat cursive signature on f.f.e.p.
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- 5761
- Título
- Morocco Its People And Places, In Two Volumes (Volume II)
- Autor
- de Amicis, Edmondo
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Henry T. Coates & Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- Philadelphia,
- Fecha de publicación
- 1897
- Palabras clave
- Morocco, Travel, North Africa, Photography, Exploration, Arabia, Sultan, Islam, Muslim, Moslems, Mohammedans, Italy, Harems
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Travel and Exploration;
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- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
