Book Description

Quarto. First edition. [viii], 327, [1]. Publishers boards, edges uncut, original paper spine still present, original label present, as is the half-title, wide margins. Slight spotting, complete and correct with folding map and six plates. A unsophisticated example of this famous travel account. Lady Craven (1750-1828) was a remarkable, intrepid woman who was forced to marry at a young age, then having separated from her husband went travelling, and struck up a relationship with the recipient of these letters, whom she was eventually to marry after their respective spouses died. These letters describe her journey in vivid detail. ESTC T134670. Blackmer 424
Author Elizabeth Craven
Date 1789
Binding Hardcover
Publisher G. G. J. and J. Robinson
Condition Good

Price: £600.00

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