Publisher's Synopsis
Title: Italy, classical, historical and picturesque. Illustrated in a series of views from drawings by Stanfield, R. A., Roberts, R. A., Harding, Prout, Leitch, Brockedon, Barnard, &c. &c. With descriptions of the scenes. Preceded by an introductory essay, on the recent history and present condition of Italy and the Italians, by Camillo Mapei (translated by David Dundas Scott).
Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
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British Library
Brockedon; Scott, David Dundas; Clarkson, Stanfield;
1859.
cviii. 164 p.; fol.
10129.k.6.
