RICHARD FORD 1796-1858: Hispanophile, Connoisseur and Critic.
Pp, 382(last blank). 16 plates, appendices, index; med. 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt, fore-edges lightly bruised; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Michael Russell, Wilby, Norwich, 2004. First edition. *Author of 'Hand-book for Travellers in Spain', 1845, a major collector of paintings, who first brought Velazquez to notice in England, and a literary critic who prompted John Murray to publish George Borrow's 'The Zincali' and 'The Bible in Spain. Item #176358
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