[ Mervyn Peake bookplate ] A Journal of Two Successive Tours upon the Continent in the Years , 1816, 1817, & 1818.

Three volumes, 8vo, xii.476 plus four page Index and folding map (discreetly repaired); 564 plus 7-page Index; 696 plus eight page index, rebound in workmanlike but pleasant green cloth, sp. gt with Royal Institution insignia, by the Royal Institution Library from which they were purchased by Dr Nehemiah Asherson, Harley Street ENT specialist. Asherson's bookplate, designed by his friend, Mervyn Peake, is present in the first volume (same bookplate removed from the other two volumes with some faint signs remaining). Asherson has written on the bookplate a presentation inscription to his son, Geoffrey (50th birthday) and the information that they derived from the Royal Institution Library. Notification of his purchase is loosely enclosed. Condition of contents is good apart from some hinge strain in places. Subject mainly ItalyScarce.