8vo (173 x 107 mm). Half-title; 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end. Wood-engraved vignette title and three wood-engravings in text by Samuel Palmer. 20th century polished tan calf gilt, black morocco lettering-pieces gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Riviere & Son (a few tiny scuffs); green cloth slipcase.

FIRST EDITION. Dickens's account was first published in The Daily News entitled "Traveling Sketches - Written on the Road"; he reproduced the work in book form as Pictures from Italy, retaining only two of the original twelve chapter titles, and incorporating a number of textual changes, as outlined in Smith. Eckel, p. 126; Smith II:7