LETTERS WRITTEN DURING A SHORT RESIDENCE IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
SOUTHEY, Robert
From Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since 16 April 1999
From Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 16 April 1999
About this Item
Second edition. Demy 8vo (8.5 x 5.5 ins); pp xiv, [1], 483, [1] Bound in half calf over marbled boards with slightly chipped dark red morocco label. Edges of spines and corners rubbed, text block solid and square. Half-title present. Contents extremely clean, with no signs of the usual foxing. An excellent copy in near contemporary binding. The second edition of Southey's first book of prose, first published in 1797. "He visited Madrid, but spent most of his time in and around Lisbon. He obtained a good grounding in both Spanish and Portuguese, but was repelled by his encounter with the Roman Catholic church, a repulsion that proved permanent. In spite of this, and his disgust at the lack of cleanliness that he encountered, Southey enjoyed himself on this visit, an enjoyment manifest in Letters written during a Short Residence in Spain and Portugal (1797), a miscellany of verse and prose which proved quite popular and soon went into a second edition". (ODNB). Seller Inventory # 15651
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Title: LETTERS WRITTEN DURING A SHORT RESIDENCE IN ...
Publisher: Bristol: printed by Biggs and Cottle for TN Longman and O Rees
Publication Date: 1799
Binding: Hardcover
Book Type: Book
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