Walks in Rome. Paris, imp. Fain pour Delaunay, 1829.
2 volumes in-8 (200 x 124 mm) d'un frontispice grave, 2 ff.n.ch., IV, 450 pp., 1 f.n.ch.
d'errata, 2 plans graves dépliantes pour le volume I; un frontispice grave, 2 ff.n.ch., 592 pp.
pour le volume II; Demi-veau cerise, spine with ornate nerves, jaspeted edges (contemporary binding).
First edition, limited edition of 2500 copies. Complete copy of the plan of Rome in two states and of the two grave frontispieces by Couche fils d'aprés Civeton (view of Saint Peter's Square and Trajan's column).
? The Strolls in Rome, by the accuracy of their observations and especially by the direct character of Stendhal's reflections, constitute one of the freest and most lively exposures of an always original thought of life ? (Laffont-Bompiani).
Trace of light-coloured wetness at the head of the first volume, otherwise a very good copy in its decorative binding of the time.
Provenance: count Frederic de Pourtales (ex-libris).
Clouzot 151; Carteret Romantique II, 352; Vicaire, I, 455.
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