MOROCCO:IT'S PEOPLE AND PLACES

De Amicis, Edmondo (1846-1908)

Numéro d'objet:	111
Date:	1897
Genre:	Livre
Lieu:	Philadelphia
Sujet:	Voyages

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1876. Amicis, Edmondo de. – Morocco. Milano: 4to, profusely illustrated ; Seconda Edizione, 8vo, pp. 483, without illustrations. A French translation by Henri Belle, Premier Secrétaire d'Ambassade, published at Paris (in « La Tour du Monde », and separately) in 1882, 4to, pp. 405, with the same illustrations, 74 in number; also an edition in 16mo. An English translation by C. Rollin-Tilton, published in London in 1879, 8vo, pp. 406 ; also illustrated, entitled, « Morocco, its People and Places. » There is a German edition, « Marokko. Nach dem Italienischen bearbeitet von A.v. Schweiger-Leichenfeld, » Wien, 8vo, 1882, pp. 391 ; also a Dutch version.
The author accompanied the then Italian Minister, the late Commendatore Stefano Scovasso, on his embassy to the Sultan. It is more literary than geographical value.


AMICIS Edmondo de

Morocco it's people and places. Philadelphie, Henry T. Coates 1897; première édition Américaine; 2 vol. in 8 cartonnage vert de l'éditeur, décoré de motifs dorés, étui. Traduit de la 1e édition Italienne par Maria Hornor Lansdale, illustré de nombreuses photographies et carte dépliante. (Playfair 1230). Suivi de: AMICIS Edmondo de. Morocco its people and places. Londres; Cassell, Peter, Galpin & Co. 1882; 1e édition anglaise; in-8 reliure d'éditeur, pleine toile rouge, dos lisse orné de motifs, titre doré, premier plat marqué au fer. Traduction par C. Rollin-Tilton. Illustrations originales. (Playfair 1230)

Italian travel writer (1846[-]1908), who fought against the Austrians in 1867 and retained a lifelong interest in exploration. His books on Constantinople, Andalucia and the Netherlands were popular and influential, translated into both French and English with atmospheric illustrations. Well informed but heavily immersed in a romantic imagination.

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50 illustrations et 1 carte(3 juives)