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Rebound
in full
leather which
displays
some shelf
wear-spine
with
gilt
titles
shows
well.
Internally
good
with
some
ageing
present,
new
marbled
endpapers,
owner
names
to
retained
ffeps,
pages
cropped
tight
to
top,
a
few
pages
with
marginal
tears
but
otherwise
very
sound.
Contains 5
engraved
plates
(some
folding).
Lithgow's
adventures
include
seeing
a
Franciscan
friar
burned
alive
in
St.
Mark's
Square
in
Venice
for
seducing
fifteen
nuns;
his
travels
to
Greece,
Cyprus
Constantinople
and
Africa;
and
his
frequent
narrow
escapes
from
bandits,
pirates,
Turkish
marauders
and
others.
He
was
eventually
tortured
as a
spy
in
Malaga
by
the
Spanish
Inquisition.
An interesting and
rare
addition
to
your
collection.
(There
were
earlier
forms
of
the
book
under
different
titles-1614
and
1623
and
a
Dutch
version
of
the
1650's.
However,
this
seems
to
be
the
first
edition
in
this
format
and
with
this
particular
title.)
- 12mo (17cm
x
11cms
approx.)
481pp
plus
table. |
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Price: CyP 650 |
