Italy.- [Russel (James)] Letters from a Young Painter Abroad to his Friends in England, 2 vol., second edition, 13 engraved plates, 11 folding, some light browning, contemporary calf, gilt ownership stamp of F.F.Foljambe of Osberton Hall, Notts. at foot of spine, rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, W.Russel, 1750 § Dupaty (J.B.) Lettres sur l'Italie, en 1785, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, wood-engraved head- & tail-pieces, some spotting, contemporary pink paste-paper boards, rubbed, spines faded, 8vo, Rome, et se trouve a Paris, De Senne, 1788 § Atti (Gaetano) aunto Storico della Citta di Cento..., errata leaf at end, modern cloth, uncut, Cento, 1853, 8vo (5)

⁂ The author of the first, James Russel, was an English artist living in Rome from 1740-63 who sought commissions for paintings, dealt in antiquities and acted as a guide to those on the Grand Tour, particularly for the recently excavated Pompeii and Herculaneum.