Il Mediterraneo Con Le Sue Isole E Golfi Pelle, C. [Clement]; Villarosa, Guglielmo

Boards rubbed, spine toned, moderately foxed throughout, modern bookplate on front endpaper. 1841 Half-Leather. 444 pp. 4to. Italian text, translated from the original French Les lies et les words de la Mediterranee of Clement Pelle, and annotated by Guglielmo Villarosa. A 19th century tour of the Mediterranean, including descriptions of Sicily, Palermo, Corfu, Rhodes, Ithaca, Naples, Algeria, Tunisia, etc. 79 engraved plates. A historical summary by C. Pelle precedes the text, and indices of content and illustrations follow text.