Spain. Handbook for Spain.

£400 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Written by Richard Ford. The unusual one volume edition written by Richard Ford. Ford's work on Spain is considered to be one the great works on Spain. In Ford's obituary in the Times commonly attributed to Sir W. Stirling Maxwell " so great a literary achievement had never before been performed under so humble a title; " Richard Ford spent four years in Spain acquiring his extraordinary knowledge of the country by a series of long riding tours, (1830-1834). He went to live in Spain because of his wife's health. For 3 years he wintered in Seville and lived in the Alhambra in the summer(1830-4). He immersed himself in the Spanish way of life and wrote in such detail that Murray's later editions of this title had to be abridged. Endpapers dated October 1852. Second edition. lxii, 643, 36pp adverts dated 1847 at rear, 2 folding maps including one inserted loose in rear pocket, a map of Andalucia; publisher's brown cloth gilt, slightly worn and rubbed at edges; overall a very good copy. Lister 177.

• Binding: Hardcover

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