Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Ferber, Johann Jakob, 1743-1790

Title:

Travels through Italy, in the years 1771 and 1772 : described in a series of letters to Baron Born, on the natural history, particularly the mountains and volcanoes of that country / by John James Ferber ... ; translated from the German ; with explanatory notes, and a preface on the present state and future improvement of mineralogy by R. E. Raspe.

Alternate Title(s):

Briefe aus Wälschland über natürliche merkwürdigkeiten dieses landes. English.

Published / Created:

London : Printed for L. Davis ..., 1776.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, [1], 377, [2] p. ; 22 cm.

Holdings:

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Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

BAC: Publisher's advertisement: [2] p. at end.

Translation of the author's Briefe aus Wälschland über natürliche merkwürdigkeiten dieses landes, which was first published in Prague, 1773.

Includes index.

Includes head- and tail-pieces.

Subject Terms:

Davis, L. -- Printer. | Natural history -- Italy. | Italy -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.

Form/Genre:

Wood engravings -- 1776.

Contributors:

Raspe, Rudolf Erich, 1737–1794. | Born, Ignaz, Edler von, 1742–1791.