Los Curiosos Impertinentes: Viajeros ingleses por Espana, 1760-1885 -or- The Impertinent Curiosos: English Travelers in Spain, 1760-1855
Spain: Ian Robertson, 1992. Third edition. Hardcover. 4to. 225,202pp. 1/2000. Beige cloth, blue lettering stamped on front and spine, in original pictorial dust jacket. Sparsely illustrated with color & b/w reproductions of paintings and drawings. Martin Eyries, Chairman of Vallehermoso, compares the investors to which this book is dedicated to " the various travelers in this book, some of whom gave our country little more than a passing glance; others took a wider view and their lives became intimately associated with it. These travelers and writers -among whom George Barrow and Richard Ford are no doubt the best known- were the unsuspecting precursors of the great touristic phenomenon of the last century." (Introduction) Essays include those by Edward Clark, Joseph Baretti, Francis Carter, and others. Some creasing, staining, and few closed tears to dj. Heavy water staining on binding. Rippling to pages due do damp exposure. 1/2" split to top edge of front cover. Good reading copy. Binding in fair, interior to good+. Text in English and Spanish. fair. Item #22144
ISBN: 8460443205
Price: $95.00