Jules Logerotte - De Palerme à Turin en 1863

Jules Logerotte, From Palermo to Turin in 1863. Letters to a Friend, Paris, Lévy, 1864, 1st edition, 8vo (cm. 18x12), pp. XVI, 327, [1], with a green silk bookmark, marbled flyleaves, beautiful contemporary or antique half parchment binding, gilt title on a red leather label to the smooth spine, marbled boards. Autograph dedication by the author to the recipient. Excellent condition, first edition with the author's dedication of a travel diary across Italy from south to north (Palermo, Naples and the islands, Rome, Florence, Bologna, Parma, Mantua, Venice, Padua, Verona, Brescia, Milan, Turin) with interesting observations not only historical-artistic but also on the situation of the newly formed kingdom (e.g., regarding the Waldensian community of Florence): the author was also a politician. Beautiful copy.

Estimation:€19

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