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Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira Teneriffe and Along the Shores of the Mediterranean
18401002Y49Dublin: William Curry Jun. and Company 1840. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated . The complete first edition of this travelogue from Oscar Wilde's father William Wilde with illustrations. First edition. Complete in two volumes.In the original cloth binding. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven vignettes.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece two hand coloured plates two maps and fourteen vignettes.Collated complete.A compelling account of a voyage to Madeira Teneriffe and the shores of the Mediterranean including visits to Algiers Egypt Palestine Tyre Rhodes Telmessus Cyprus and Greece. With the author's keen observations on the climate natural history antiquities and prospects of the countries visited.From William Wilde an Irish ophthalmogic surgeon and the author of important works on medicine archaeology and folklore. He was the father of influential author and poet Oscar Wilde.Wilde travelled for nine months as medical attendant to Robert Meiklam the owner of the yacht Crusader who made the sketches for the plates. In the original cloth binding. Externally with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading and marks to the cloth. Split to the cloth to Vol II rear joint which remains firm. Internally generally firmly bound with pp. 5-12 coming away to Vol II. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot or handling mark. Contemporary ownership inscription to each front free endpaper. Good William Curry, Jun. and Company hardcover
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