ROSE Letters from N. Italy to Henry Hallam 1819
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[William Stewart ROSE (1775-1843)]. Letters from the North of Italy. Addressed to Henry Hallam… in two volumes. London: John Murray, 1819. 2 volumes in one volume, octavo (8 ¼ x 5 1/8in; 210 x 130mm). Pp. [i-]vi-xi[-xii], [1-]2-339[-340]; [i-]vii-viii, [1-]2-229[-230], with half titles and errata on final page. Contemporary speckled calf, the flat spine gilt (rubbed, splits to joints). Provenance: Sir John Taylor Coleridge (9 July 1790 – 11 February 1876, inscribed ‘J.T Coleridge / Park Crescent / 3/6 April 24th 1854’, by descent); Bernard, Lord Coleridge (armorial bookplate). First edition – a nice copy with an interesting provenance (see previous lot). This work made up of ‘discursive letters …addressed to Henry Hallam... include pro-Napoleon sentiments, and mention the satirical poet Giuseppe Parini’ (wikipedia).
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