This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ...with a statue of Diana, was discovered, are admitted to possess no contemptible claims to the honour of being Plinian, but, as the decision partly rests upon the selection of the most delightful site upon the margin of Como, amongst so many beauties, time will be required to make an unexceptionable, which may, perhaps, also ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ...with a statue of Diana, was discovered, are admitted to possess no contemptible claims to the honour of being Plinian, but, as the decision partly rests upon the selection of the most delightful site upon the margin of Como, amongst so many beauties, time will be required to make an unexceptionable, which may, perhaps, also be an invidious, choice. Few who visit the scenery of Lake Como, will pass away without inquiring for the Villa D'Este, during three years the residence of the unhappy Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales, and, for a brief period, Queen of England. The neglect which she had experienced from her royal husband, and the prejudice which his favourites had created against her in England, induced her, indiscreetly, to quit that country, and to live in exile from her kingdom. Here she exercised a boundless charity, and her munificence in the execution of useful public works, is attested by the inscription on a marble tablet, informing the traveller that, the first road ever opened on the banks of Lake Como, owed its origin and completion to the liberality of Queen Caroline of England. When the Milan Commission, a plot that reflects dishonour upon the English name, was instituted, and the palace of Villa d'Este was encircled by spies, the Princess abandoned her favourite home, strictly commanding her Hungarian guards not to permit an English visiter to enter. In the drawing-room, as well as in the theatre which she built, her cipher may still be seen. General Pino preceded the Princess in the occupation of the Villa d'Este, and having, in his earlier years, besieged and taken Tarragona, in order to perpetuate his military fame he caused the Avails of the Villa to be battlemented, and rendered sowewhat similar to those of the city, which had been ...
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Add this copy of The Rhine, Italy and Greece. in a Series of Drawings to cart. $503.00, very good condition, Sold by Inno Dubelaar Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 1841 by London: Fisher and Son, 1841.
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Very Good. First printing. Two volumes: 76 + 90 pp., 34 + 41 steel engraved plates (including frontis), index, 4to, original elaborate gilt-decorated cloth boards, aeg. Both volume I and II bear inscriptions from Rev. G. N. Wright to a "Mrs. Huntley". Complete original texts with all plates, lacking only a couple of tissue guards. Average foxing to plates, ranging from virtually none in some cases to serious in a few. Bindings are Poor with three boards detached, both volumes lacking the backstrips. An excellent candidate for rebinding.