Passages in Foreign Travel [2 Volumes. complete]
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1838. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good Hardcovers. Two volumes. [Complete] 8vo; iv, 319; vii, 369 pp.
Publisher's blind-stamped blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Spines a touch sunned. First Edition, First Printing.
Each volume in this set is neatly signed on the front pastedown by "George F. Houghton." Houghton (1820-1870), was a Vermont attorney, editor, historian, and a founder of the Vermont Historical Society.
Very Good / No Dust Jacket As Issued. Item #009509
The author, Isaac Appleton Jewett, travelled in England, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland with chapters on London, Paris, the French and Italian Opera houses, and 'second-rate restaurants.'
REF: Smith, American Travellers Abroad J23
Price: $125.00