Descrizione

First Edition. With more than one hundred black and white photographs by the authors on double-sided plates. 8vo, royal blue cloth, the spine and upper cover with gilt rules and lettering, the upper cover also with a gilt pictorial design, map endpapers. 407 pp. A fine copy, photographs well-preserved, text block solid.

Edizione: a handsome and well preserved copy. the product of ten years and eighty thousand miles of travels, the authors have written a marvelous book about all things mediterranean. as they themselves say: "our desire is, to present to potential travelers and to those who have already circled the mediterranean, as well as to fireside adventurers, a book whose beauty will in some small way be commensurate with the loveliness of the subject treated." from madeira to tangier, monaco to the italian rivieras, naples to sicily, and many more destinations are explored and photographed.