A view of the present state of Sicily : its rural economy, population, and produce, particularly in the county of Modica. With an appendix, containing observations on its general character, climate, comerce, resources ,&c.
Paolo Balsamo (1764 - 1816)
Category
Books
Date
1811
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3185858
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], xiii, [1], 253, [1], xciii, [3] p., [2] leaves of plates : map, table (folded) ; 4to.Provenance: Inscribed on title page: "H Crewe" [i.e. Sir Henry Harpur, 7th Baronet (1763-1819), surname changed to Crewe, 1808]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half red sheep[?] on marbled paper over boards. Half blind rule. Recessed cords, gilt rules on spine. Lettered direct in gilt on spine: "View of Sicily in 1811". Marbled endpapers, edges sprinkled red. Bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown: "Rowbottom, Bookseller, Derby".
Makers and roles
Paolo Balsamo (1764 - 1816), author Thomas Wright Vaughan (1774-1859)