LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK. 1804-1876.
Lewis's Sketches of Spain & Spanish Character Made during his Tour in that Country in the Years 1833-4. London: F.G. Moon, [1836].
Folio (530 x 359 mm). Lithographed title page with vignette, dedication leaf to David Wilkie, and 25 tinted lithographed plates. Rebacked in half brown morocco, retaining original brown pebbled cloth, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Stains and fading to cloth, foxing throughout, some smudges and fingermarks in margins.
FIRST EDITION. Known mainly for his orientalist paintings, Lewis traveled extensively around the Mediterranean, including Spain, Morocco, Italy, Greece and the Ottoman Empire. Abbey Travel 149; Colas 1858; Tooley 302.