1909 Peeps at Many Lands: Corsica

Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

First edition. Very scarce work. From the Peeps at Many Lands series. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, eleven colour plates, and a sketch map. Collated complete. A travel book on the large, mountainous, French Mediterranean island of Corsica, known as the "Isle of Beauty". With chapters on the history of the island, its physical features, animals, character, and folklore, along with descriptions of important cities and towns. Written by Ernest Young, a British travel writer, author, and headmaster of the Lower School of John Lyon, Harrow. Illustrated by Edwin Arthur Norbury, a British artist and illustrator.