Scott. Excursions in the Mountains of Ronda..1838.
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[Spain] Scott, C. Rochfort. Excursions in the Mountains of Ronda and Granada. With Characteristic Sketches of the Inhabitants of the South of Spain. London: Henry Colburn, 1838. Two volumes. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, bordered in gilt floral design, spines gilt in five compartments. A.e.g. [2], vi, [2] (Errata), 436; vi, 443, [1] (Publisher’s Ad) pages. Two lithographed frontispieces after Scott, two fore-edge paintings of Spanish views. Joints and extremities slightly rubbed, light foxing of preliminaries and frontispieces, Volume I short crack at head of upper joint and top corners bumped. A near fine set, with colorful 19th-century fore-edge paintings of the Plain of Granada (Vol. I) and the City Gate of Valencia (Vol. II). First Edition of Scott’s lively account of his travels throughout the mountainous Andalusia region of Spain, including the provinces of Cadiz, Seville, Málaga, Cordova and Granada. Scarce. Abbey Travel 153. Palau y Dulcet, Vol. 6, p. 474. Provenance: Bookplates of the Earl of Dartmouth; inscription in Volume I to Daniel Greville Finch, dated 1844.
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