The Foreign Tour of Messrs Brown Jones and Robinson Being The History of What They Saw, And Did In Belgium, Germany, etc.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854. First edition. Hardcover. Late 19th century three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards with matching endpapers. Aeg. Very good. 80 pages. 29.5 x 24 cm. 80 wood-engraved illustrations printed recto only. Gordon Ray [THE ILLUSTRATOR AND THE BOOK IN ENGLAND FROM 1790 TO 1914] calls this "Doyle's most personal book with respect to life in the world.....The artist Brown, in whom there is a good deal of Doyle himself, records in scores of little scenes the vicissitudes and humors encountered by his companions and himself during a summer's excursion to Germany and northern Italy." Title page lightly toned, interior generally clean, firm copy.