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"Hewins's Journal: A Boston Portrait-Painter Visits Italy" with Memorabilia
Item Details
| Title and Author/Editor | Hewins’s Journal: A Boston Portrait-Painter Visits Italy: The Journal of Amasa Hewins 1830 – 1833 (Edited by Francis H. Allen) |
| Genre | Biography, Autobiography and Memoirs, Art and Photography |
| Illustrator | Francis Alexander and Amasa Hewins |
| Type of Illustration | Photogravure, Halftone |
| Binding | Cloth on board |
| Publisher or Printer | The Boston Athenaeum |
| Publication Year | 1931 |
| Place of Publication | Boston |
| Edition Statement | First Edition |
| Limited Edition | Yes |
| Signed | Yes |
| Volumes | Number Nine |
| Number of Books | 1 |
| Additional Information | Enclosed in the book is a handwritten letter in Italian dated November, 1832, a bill of health for passage at Gibraltar on the passenger ship Alert dated October 5, 1830, a type written letter signed by the American Consul General dated May 14, 1951, with the location of the grave in Florence of Amasa Hewins and two photographs. |
Condition
- wear to the cover with bumped corners, rubbed edges and soiling; writing to endpaper; tanning to text.
Dimensions
1.0" W x 9.0" H x 6.5" D
Item #
ITMG204199
