L'Ile de Staffa et sa Grotte Basaltique.
Dessinées et Décrites par C.L.F.Panckoucke, Chevalier de la Légion-d'Honneur, Associé Correspondant de la Sociéte des Antiquaires D'Édimbourg, De l'Académie D'Archéologie de Rome.
Paris. Imprimerie de C.L.F.Panckoucke, Rue des Poitevins, no 14. MDCCCXXXI [1831].
Folio, contemporary limp boards taped on spine, mss title label; half-title, title, pp. 32, uncut; 11 aquatint plates & an engraved diagram, numbered, lacking double-page map. A few small tears.
An illustrated account of a visit to the island of Staffa in Scotland to see the famous Fingal's Cave and its hexagonally-jointed basalt columns. The cave was popularised by the composer Felix Mendelssohn, whose Opus 26 Hebrides Overture, commonly known as the Fingal's Cave Overture, was inspired by the echoes of the cave.
[Ref: 8848] £950.00
Paris. Imprimerie de C.L.F.Panckoucke, Rue des Poitevins, no 14. MDCCCXXXI [1831].
Folio, contemporary limp boards taped on spine, mss title label; half-title, title, pp. 32, uncut; 11 aquatint plates & an engraved diagram, numbered, lacking double-page map. A few small tears.
An illustrated account of a visit to the island of Staffa in Scotland to see the famous Fingal's Cave and its hexagonally-jointed basalt columns. The cave was popularised by the composer Felix Mendelssohn, whose Opus 26 Hebrides Overture, commonly known as the Fingal's Cave Overture, was inspired by the echoes of the cave.
[Ref: 8848] £950.00