Holland (two volumes)

PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
Porter & Coats, Philadelphia.

BINDING
White cloth boards with gilt lettering and flower pattern detailing. Gilt top block edges.

BOOK CONDITION
General shelf wear and some bumping and fraying to spines. Some foxing, to back panels, top edges and endpapers. A little discolouration to edges of pages, though text and images remain largely clear and little marked. Tissue guards are intact. Map in good undamaged condition. Previous owner's name in ink on back of frontispiece.

DUST JACKET
Unusual dust jackets of paper backed red cloth. Spines are discoloured and faded, with some pieces missing at top and bottom and fraying at edges. Preserved in removable book wrap.

EDITION
1894.

DESCRIPTION
A detailed description of Holland in the late 1800's. Translated from the original Italian by Helen Zimmern. Each volume illustrated with over 20 monochrome photographs, all with tissue guards. Fold out map depicted in green and black ink at end of vol. two.