Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey Through France, Italy, and Germany

by Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thrale

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First edition

First edition. vii, i , 437, 1 pp.; ii , 389, 1 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary tree calf, spines neatly laid down. Rothschild 1551. Item #345948 Account of the newlywed Mrs. Piozzi's tour of the continent with her husband. Her first work not to fall under the long shadow of Johnson, she built upon previous experimentation by using an authoritative but conversational discourse, alive with

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