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Travels into Dalmatia; containing general observations on the natural history of that country and the neighbouring islands; the natural productions, arts, manners and customs of the inhabitants: in a series of letters from Abbe Alberto Fortis, to the Earl of Bute, the Bishop of Londonderry, John Strange, Esq.... To which are added by the same author, observations on the island of Cherso and Osero. Translated from the Italian under the author's inspection. With an appendix and other considerable additions, never before printed. Illustrated with twenty copper plates.

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London, printed for J. Robson, 1778. In-4 de [2]; X; 584 pages, plein veau brun, dos lisseorné de filets dorés, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, supra-libros armorié en queue, filet doré encadrant les plats.

Illustré de 20 gravures: 1 plan, 2 cartes, 16 planches dépliantes et une gravure in-texte. L'ouvrage d’Alberto Fortis publié initailement en italien en 1774, est un récit de voyage fondateur qui décrit en détail son exploration de la côte dalmate et de l’arrière-pays, alors sous domination vénitienne. Cet ouvrage, publié sous la forme d’une série de lettres, mêle observations scientifiques (géologie, histoire naturelle) et anthropologie ; il a notamment permis de faire connaître les Morlachs (une population slave locale) aux lecteurs d’Europe occidentale et a donné naissance au mouvement culturel du « morlachisme ».L'œuvre a immédiatement rencontré un vif succès à l'échelle européenne, étant très vite traduite en français, en anglais et en allemand, et a fait connaître dans toute l'Europe la culture du peuple morlaque, jusque-là pratiquement inconnue. La ballade redécouverte par Fortis, présentée sous le titre de Canzone dolente della Nobile Sposa d'Asan Agà, mais mieux connue aujourd'hui sous le nom de Hasanaginica ou Asanaginica, connut une diffusion extraordinaire avec des dizaines de traductions, parmi lesquelles se distinguent celle en allemand de Goethe (vers 1775, publiée en 1778), sur laquelle s'appuya la version anglaise de Walter Scott (1798), et celle en russe de Pouchkine (1835). A noter que l'on ignore le nom du traducteur anglais.Ex-libris John Smyth Esq Heat avec la devise: "Ec Timeo Nec Sperno". Bel exemplaire en reliure anglaise du temps (les mors ont été restaurés). Blackmer 618;.

Travels into Dalmatia; containing general observations on the natural history of that country and the neighbouring islands; the natural productions, arts, manners and customs of the inhabitants: in a series of letters from Abbe Alberto Fortis, to the Earl of Bute, the Bishop of Londonderry, John Strange, Esq.... To which are added by the same author, observations on the island of Cherso and Osero. Translated from the Italian under the author's inspection. With an appendix and other considerable additions, never before printed. Illustrated with twenty copper plates. par FORTIS Alberto: - Image 1 Travels into Dalmatia; containing general observations on the natural history of that country and the neighbouring islands; the natural productions, arts, manners and customs of the inhabitants: in a series of letters from Abbe Alberto Fortis, to the Earl of Bute, the Bishop of Londonderry, John Strange, Esq.... To which are added by the same author, observations on the island of Cherso and Osero. Translated from the Italian under the author's inspection. With an appendix and other considerable additions, never before printed. Illustrated with twenty copper plates. par FORTIS Alberto: - Image 2 Travels into Dalmatia; containing general observations on the natural history of that country and the neighbouring islands; the natural productions, arts, manners and customs of the inhabitants: in a series of letters from Abbe Alberto Fortis, to the Earl of Bute, the Bishop of Londonderry, John Strange, Esq.... To which are added by the same author, observations on the island of Cherso and Osero. Translated from the Italian under the author's inspection. With an appendix and other considerable additions, never before printed. Illustrated with twenty copper plates. par FORTIS Alberto: - Image 3 Travels into Dalmatia; containing general observations on the natural history of that country and the neighbouring islands; the natural productions, arts, manners and customs of the inhabitants: in a series of letters from Abbe Alberto Fortis, to the Earl of Bute, the Bishop of Londonderry, John Strange, Esq.... To which are added by the same author, observations on the island of Cherso and Osero. Translated from the Italian under the author's inspection. With an appendix and other considerable additions, never before printed. Illustrated with twenty copper plates. par FORTIS Alberto: - Image 4 Travels into Dalmatia; containing general observations on the natural history of that country and the neighbouring islands; the natural productions, arts, manners and customs of the inhabitants: in a series of letters from Abbe Alberto Fortis, to the Earl of Bute, the Bishop of Londonderry, John Strange, Esq.... To which are added by the same author, observations on the island of Cherso and Osero. Translated from the Italian under the author's inspection. With an appendix and other considerable additions, never before printed. Illustrated with twenty copper plates. par FORTIS Alberto: - Image 5 Travels into Dalmatia; containing general observations on the natural history of that country and the neighbouring islands; the natural productions, arts, manners and customs of the inhabitants: in a series of letters from Abbe Alberto Fortis, to the Earl of Bute, the Bishop of Londonderry, John Strange, Esq.... To which are added by the same author, observations on the island of Cherso and Osero. Translated from the Italian under the author's inspection. With an appendix and other considerable additions, never before printed. Illustrated with twenty copper plates. par FORTIS Alberto: - Image 6 Travels into Dalmatia; containing general observations on the natural history of that country and the neighbouring islands; the natural productions, arts, manners and customs of the inhabitants: in a series of letters from Abbe Alberto Fortis, to the Earl of Bute, the Bishop of Londonderry, John Strange, Esq.... To which are added by the same author, observations on the island of Cherso and Osero. Translated from the Italian under the author's inspection. With an appendix and other considerable additions, never before printed. Illustrated with twenty copper plates. par FORTIS Alberto: - Image 7 Travels into Dalmatia; containing general observations on the natural history of that country and the neighbouring islands; the natural productions, arts, manners and customs of the inhabitants: in a series of letters from Abbe Alberto Fortis, to the Earl of Bute, the Bishop of Londonderry, John Strange, Esq.... To which are added by the same author, observations on the island of Cherso and Osero. Translated from the Italian under the author's inspection. With an appendix and other considerable additions, never before printed. Illustrated with twenty copper plates. par FORTIS Alberto: - Image 8 Travels into Dalmatia; containing general observations on the natural history of that country and the neighbouring islands; the natural productions, arts, manners and customs of the inhabitants: in a series of letters from Abbe Alberto Fortis, to the Earl of Bute, the Bishop of Londonderry, John Strange, Esq.... To which are added by the same author, observations on the island of Cherso and Osero. Translated from the Italian under the author's inspection. With an appendix and other considerable additions, never before printed. Illustrated with twenty copper plates. par FORTIS Alberto: - Image 9
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