>A Journey from London to Genoa, Through England, Portugal, Spain, and France… With an Introduction by Ian Robertson
Baretti (Giuseppe Marco Antonio), 1719-1789
A Journey from London to Genoa, Through England, Portugal, Spain, and France… With an Introduction by Ian Robertson
New York, Praeger Publishers, 1970
(29 cm), (2), xv (1), 419 (5) pp. Publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. - The Journey was written at the recommendation of Dr Johnson and “in the urbane quality of its writing… the influence of Johnson is often apparent” (editor’s Introduction, p.xii). Facsimile reprint of the second edition of 1770. ¶ Excellent, unmarked copy.