"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 Joseph Hall's Mundus Alter et

Joseph Hall's Mundus Alter et Idem is a famous allegorical tale of an imaginary voyage to the great southern continent

-Arthur Hopton

coming within a few hundred miles of Antarctica

1 April 1978

Denominated

"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 Joseph Hall's Mundus Alter etBound 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