[Mediterranean. Wright] The shores and islands of the Mediterranean

Drawn from nature, by Sir Grenville Temple, Bart. W.L. Leitch, Esq., Major Irton, & Lieut. Allen, R.E. With an analysis of the Mediterranean and descriptions of the plates, by the Rev. G.N. Wright (...). London/ Paris, Fisher, Son, & Co., (1839), 156 p., with steel-engr. double-p. map and handcol. steel-engr. frontispiece and 63 HANDCOLOURED plates by/ after H. Adlard, J.B. Allen, Th. Allom, J.C. Bentley, W.L. Leitch, J. Salmon, S. Sands, J. Stephensen, W. Wallis and others (tissue guards preserved), finely bound in modern antique style (or exceptionally well-preserved contemporary) half crushed morocco, gilt and ribbed spine w. mor. letterpiece, t.e.g., 4to.

Frontispiece foxed/ browned, plates sl. foxed; 1 plate misbound opposite p. 8 instead of p. 81. Very good copy. Apparently, handcoloured copies are (very) rare. Beautifully illustrated account of the area, including many views of famous places along the shores of Northern Africa.