Observations and Reflections made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany

London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1789. Two volumes. 8vo.  210 x 130 mm., [8 x 5 inches].  viii, [i], 437 pp.; [2], 389pp., plus 6 pp. ads for T. Cadell.  Bound in contemporary mottled calf, spine decorated in gilt; some rubbing to the joints and corners, but otherwise a sound and attractive copy.  With an inscription “To Lord Sinclair of the affectionate Esteem of James Chisholme, with Lord Sinclair’s bookplate.
First edition.  Standard tour by one of Johnson’s most endearing friends whose marriage after the death of her husband Henry Thrale to Gabriel Mario Piozzi, the music teacher to her children.  (truncated) This event damaged the relationship with Johnson and others her social class and she and her husband spent much of the remaining years of their lives traveling, especially to Italy.
Pine-Coffin.  Bibliography of British and American Travel in Italy to 1860, no. 784/5. . (Inventory #: 1361)