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Title Journal of a landscape painter in Corsica. |
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Published, Date London: Robert John Bush,1870. |
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Description Large 8vo (26 x 18 cm). INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY, xvi, 272pp., map, 40 wood-engraved plates and 40 wood-engraved illustrations, all from originals by Edward Lear, by J.D. Cooper, Pibaraud, Pegard, Pannemaker and Badoureau, original brown cloth by W. Bone & Son with their ticket, covers blocked in blind, title and imprint in gilt on the spine, uncut, occasional light spotting; covers lightly soiled, head and foot of spine and corners lightly bumped, an excellent copy. Provenance: Mr & Mrs Hubert Leigh Bennett (author's presentation inscription on title); Peter & Diana Opie ("ex Opie Collection" stamp on front free endpaper). |
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Note The presentation inscription reads "To Hubert Leigh Bennett Esqr & Mrs Leigh Bennett. / from Edward Lear. Sanremo, April / the twenty tooth. 1879" and beneath his name on the title, the author has added a list six of his other books. A fine author's presentation copy of the first edition of this charming work in which the great landscape artist (and author of the famous Nonsense Rhymes) illustrates and describes "the nature of the landscape in those portions of Corsica in which ... [he] travelled" (preface). San Remo was Lear's base during later life, the climate suited his weak constitution, and it was a useful starting point for his various painting expeditions. |
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