8vo. Two volumes bound as one. vii, [1], 437pp; [3], 389pp, [7]. Later gilt-tooled burgundy half-morocco, marbled boards. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Lightly rubbed, with slight surface loss to edges and spine, corners bumped. Light scattered spotting.

The sole edition of a travelogue by Welsh writer and socialite Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi (1740/1741-1821), being an account of her travels during her honeymoon with her second husband, Italian piano teacher Gabriel Mario Piozzi, and particularly focusing on their exploits in Italy. Written in prose, it marked a turning point in women's travel writing - previous notable volumes had been written almost entirely in epistolary form. Although the work received only a single edition, Piozzi's writing was highly praised; a copy even reached the hands of Queen Charlotte.