Lot 08144

YRIARTE Charles, “Les Bords de L’Adriatique et le Montenegro – Venise – lIstrie – le Quarnero – la Dalmatie – le Monténégro et la rive Italienne”, Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1878. First edition of this celebrated travelogue starting from Venice, to the coast of Istria, Croatia, Montenegro and covering the Adriatic coastal regions of Italy (Chioggia, Ravenna, Rimini, Pesaro, Urbino, Fano, Sinigaglia, Ancona, Bari, Barletta, Pescara, Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce, Otranto). Richly illustrated with 257 woodcuts and 7 maps, designed after prominent artists (Avenet, Bonnafoux, Clerget, De roy, Fesquet, Girardet, Janet, Marie, Riou Ronjat, Taylo, Weber, etc.). Original highly decorated in gilt covers and spine, all edges gilt. Dampstaining throughout, external rubbing and light wear along extremities.