882 - Europe - Italy - Benkowitz, Carl Friedrich. Journey from Glogau to Sorrento, via Breslau, Vienna, Trieste, Venice, Bologna, Florence, Rome, and Naples. By the author of *Natalis*. 3 volumes. With 3 engraved frontispieces and 4 fold-out copperplate plates. Berlin, Maurer, 1803–1804. 12, 290; 12, 340, (2); 16, 360 pp. 17 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather bindings with spine labels, gilt spines, and marbled endpapers (library label of Count von Schönborn-Buchheim on the front covers, slightly rubbed; 1 spine label with a small loss; corners slightly bumped).

Europe - Italy - Benkowitz, Carl Friedrich. Journey from Glogau to Sorrento, via Breslau, Vienna, Trieste, Venice, Bologna, Florence, Rome, and Naples. By the author of *Natalis*. 3 volumes. With 3 engraved frontispieces and 4 fold-out copperplate plates. Berlin, Maurer, 1803–1804. 12, 290; 12, 340, (2); 16, 360 pp. 17 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather bindings with spine labels, gilt spines, and marbled endpapers (library label of Count von Schönborn-Buchheim on the front covers, slightly rubbed; 1 spine label with a small loss; corners slightly bumped). First edition, published anonymously. - Loewe 471a - Kosch DLL I, 390 - Engelmann, Geogr. 251 - Holzm./Boh. Anonym II, 11550 - not listed in Goedeke, Brümmer, or Tresoldi. - A typical example of the Romantic longing for Italy. Benkowitz (1764–1807) was chamber secretary in Glogau in 1804. The stops on his journey included Troppau, Brno, Vienna, Graz, Ljubljana, Trieste, Treviso, Venice, Padua, Bologna, Florence, Siena, Viterbo, Rome, Terracina, Naples, etc. Includes views of the Palazzo Pitti and the Uffizi, as well as two beautiful copperplate outlines of the Gulf of Naples. — A copy from the library of the Counts of Schönborn-Buchheim, with an engraved coat-of-arms bookplate on the inside covers. - Slightly browned in places; fold-out plates have some brown spots; otherwise a fine copy of this rare work. *