VOYAGE EN ITALIE AVANT SES DERNIERES REVOLUTIONS.

8vo. 2 parts in one volume. pp 90 and 88, portrait frontis of Scarpelli. No publisher noted but under the place (Neuchatel) it states: 'Et se trouve a_ Bologne, chez tous les tres sensibles et chez les cousins Bouchard.' No date except the whimsical "l'An 4130 apre_s le Dluge universel, avec approbation mais sans privilge.o " The copy in Bibliothe_que de la Malmaison states the date is 'vers 1800.' Travel writing, possibly humorous or fictitious-- the book mentions Sterne's Tristram Shandy and the book has a similar title to 'A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy' the novel by Laurence Sterne, first published in 1768.This circa 1800. Sterne is also quoted on the title page ('Un homme qui rit ne peut pas etre dangereux.') Very good. Quarter brown leather lettered gilt at the spine with marbled boards, boards a little scuffed, corners rubbed o/w vg with clean text.