A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN SPAIN. PART I. ANDALUCIA, RONDA AND GRANADA, MURCIA, VALENCIA, AND CATALONIA; THE PORTIONS BEST SUITED FOR THE INVALID - A WINTER TOUR. PART II. ESTREMADURA, LEON, GALLICIA, THE ASTURIAS, THE CASTILES (OLD AND NEW), THE BASQUE PROVINCES, ARRAGON, AND NAVARRE - A SUMMER TOUR. THIRD EDITION, ENTIRELY REVISED, WITH GREAT ADDITIONS.

Richard Ford.

Publication Date: 1855

About this Item

1855, London, John Murray, third edition, two volumes, pp 459; iv + 461-996, two folding maps as called for (one mounted on linen in a wallet inside the rear cover), contemporary half calf with a gilt stamp on the upper board of the New South Wales Library of Parliament. This edition was the last one that Richard Ford worked on. Lister 'Bibliography of Murray's Handbooks for Travellers', 179 - "Revolution had broken out in Spain the previous year and there followed 14 insurrection-wracked years, hence the gap before the next edition. A renewal of the Carlist War, a civil war fought with extreme brutality, took place between 1873 and 1876". See also Carter & Muir, 'Printing and the Mind of Man' 302, Travellers' Guides - "Possibly the most famous of the long Murray series was Richard Ford's Handbook to Spain, 1845, a literary work in its own right". Spines slightly rubbed and a little chipped, some minor foxing, otherwise a very good set.

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• Title: A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN SPAIN. PART I. ANDALUCIA, RONDA AND GRANADA, MURCIA, VALENCIA, AND CATALONIA; THE PORTIONS BEST SUITED FOR THE INVALID - A WINTER TOUR. PART II. ESTREMADURA, LEON, GALLICIA, THE ASTURIAS, THE CASTILES (OLD AND NEW), THE BASQUE PROVINCES, ARRAGON, AND NAVARRE - A SUMMER TOUR. THIRD EDITION, ENTIRELY REVISED, WITH GREAT ADDITIONS.
• Publication Date: 1855
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