Travels in Spain Containing a New, Accurate, and Comprehensive View of the Present State of That Country. By the chevalier de Bourgoanne, to which are added copious extracts from the essays on Spain of Mr. Peyron. Translated from the French.
Hardcover
1790 · Dublin
by BOURGOING, Jean-François, Baron de
Dublin: P. Byrne, 1790. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. xiii, [1], 386, [2], 431, [1], x pp. Illustrated with a large folding engraved map as frontispiece to volume I. Text printed on pale blue stock. 8vo., 197 x120, bound in contemporary mottled calf, with red and green gilt labels. Extremities rubbed, but still a nice set. Second Edition, following the three-volume illustrated London edition. The book includes remarks on monuments and works of art; the portions adapted from Jean-François Peyron's 'Travels' include an account of the Alhambra deemed by the translator a worthy supplement to Swinburne's description of 1779. (Inventory #: D14564)