Description
Finely bound copy of Mirror by Captain Francis Romeo, Presented to His Sicilian Majesty, Great Britain, and the Allied Sovereigns Reflecting Political Facts of the Utmost Importance.
Octavo, xii, [1], 10-352pp. Three-quarter blue morocco, blue cloth covered boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine with decorative gilt compartments. Finely bound by Brentano’s with bindery imprint on verso of free endpaper. Mirror was first published in 1820, making this 1821 copy the second edition. A near fine copy, with light wear along edges, some sunning to spine, and faint toning to leaves. Features a frontispiece portrait of Captain Francis Romeo, protected with tissue guard.
This work was written by Captain Francis Romeo, a Neopolitan soldier who served as a senior aid to British Lieutenant William Bentinck during his time in Sicily. Romeo’s writing urges the reader to adopt a liberal constitution in Sicily and utilize the island’s resources in a defensive-commercial alliance with Britain.
