Benjamin Silliman

A Visit to Europe in 1851 [Two Volume Set]

New-York: George P. Putnam, 1853. Very Good. Item #47193

New-York: George P. Putnam, 1853. First Edition. Two volumes; octavos; publisher's blue-grey blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; viii,418; viii,468pp.; engraved frontispieces, three additional leaves of plates in Vol. I, presumed complete. Light shelf wear, spine cloth a bit sunned and gilt dulled, boards very slightly bowed, textblocks foxed. Overall Very Good and sound.

Memoir of the author's second trip to Europe made in 1851 after retiring from an exceptionally distinguished academic career--Silliman was responsible for establishing the science department at Yale. The plates feature views of the Alps, Mount Vesuvius, and a map of the hills of Ancient Rome.

Price: $400.00