MEDONI, François. Un Voyage sur le Lac Majeur et description de ses abords. 1835.
MEDONI, François.
Un Voyage sur le Lac Majeur et description de ses abords.
Lugan, François Veladini, 1835.
8vo (315x135 mm), (4)-127 pages and 4 plates (including folding map of the Lake). binding : Contemporary quarter sheep. Foxings.
Second edition. Edition printed at the expense of Pierre Miani, mechanic of the Verban steamboat. The Verban was the first steamboat to sail on Lake Maggiore and among the first European steamers to navigate inland waters. It was then a question of promoting the tourist interest of such navigation.