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69 - Borch, Michel-Jean. Letters on Sicily and the Island of Malta. Turin, Reycend, 1782. First edition of Count de Borch’s account of his journey to Sicily and Malta
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Borch, Michel-Jean. Letters on Sicily and the Island of Malta. Turin, Reycend, 1782. First edition of Count de Borch’s account of his journey to Sicily and Malta Borch, Michel-Jean. Letters on Sicily and the Island of Malta. Turin, Reycend, 1782. Two octavo volumes (200 x 125 mm); XX, 236; 256 pages. Vignettes on the title pages, 27 plates, 10 of which are by Cristoforo Dell’Acqua, 3 repeatedly folded engraved maps by Pittarelli (a few small tears on the plates, scattered foxing.) Contemporary binding in hazelnut-colored bazzana leather, smooth spines with gold decoration and title, red edges (some leather peeling). Ex libris of Jean Toubeau de Maisonneuve. An interesting 18th-century travel account, richly illustrated with views and maps of Sicily and Malta, undertaken by Count de Borch, a scientist and naturalist of Polish origin, between 1776 and 1777. First edition of Count de Borch’s account of his journey to Sicily and Malta (2 volumes)
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