BOOKS, Ferdinand Gregorovius: Wanderjahre in Italien. 1-5.
Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1888-94. Dritte-Siebente Auflage. Not collated.
Five volumes, contemporary half morocco, top edges gilt, else uncut. Wrappers preserved. Very slight wear, spines faded, slight foxing.
Erster Band: Figuren. Geschichte, Leben und Scenerie aus Italien. Zweiter Band: Lateinische Sommer. Dritter Band: Siciliana. Wanderungen in Neapel und Sicilien. Vierter Band: Von Ravenna bis Mentana. Fünfter Band: Apulische Landschaften.
Wear.
Provenance
Karl Becht was a teacher at the Lundsberg School in Värmland, with geography as his main subject. He started collecting books in the early 1930s and specialised in illustrated books of voyages and travel, exploration and discoverey. ”The Karl Bech collection” was given a separate catalogue for its sale at Bukowskis in 1991.