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BURGESS, Anthony.
The Age of the Grand Tour.
Containing Sketches of the Manners, Society and Customs of France, Flanders, the United Provinces, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy in the letters, journals and writings of the most celebrated voyagers between the years 1720 and 1820 with descriptions of the most illustrious Antiquities and Curiosities in these countries together with the story of such Traffic by Anthony Burgess and an Appreciation of the Art of Europe in the Eighteenth Century by Frances Haskell.
First edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 50 numbered and finely bound copies, rare.
Oblong folio. Original red calf, titles to spine, pictorial design to upper board, and all edges gilt, pictorial endpapers. In a red cloth slipcase. Illustrations throughout. An excellent copy.
