"Sketches of Lago Maggiore and Pallanza" - 1879 - Bound with 17 accomplished watercolours of the Italian lakes by a woman traveller and accompanied by a letter from Queen Victoria's Private secretary Engraving 1720–1777)

1720–1777)

at a place known as Waygat to the South of Novaya Zemblya

An early publication of Quiros' account of the Pacific and Vespucci's "discovery" of America are also included

Denominated

coming within a few hundred miles of Antarctica

"Sketches of Lago Maggiore and Pallanza" - 1879 - Bound with 17 accomplished watercolours of the Italian lakes by a woman traveller and accompanied by a letter from Queen Victoria's Private secretary Engraving 1720–1777)Bound with 17 accomplished watercolours of the Italian Lakes, and accompanied by letters from Queen Victorias Private Secretary Sketches of Lago Maggiore and Pallanza By the Reverend William Owen. Privately printed by Bickers & Son, London, 1879. Small 8vo. 112pp., [1]. Complete. Bound with 17 original watercolours. Contemporary black calf, gilt title to upper cover, marbled endpapers. Some wear to corners and intermittent spotting, but very good