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[COLOR-PLATE BOOKS]. [TRAVELS AND VOYAGES]. FELLOWES, William Dorset (1769-1852). A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe, in 1817… London: William Stockdale, 1818. 8vo. Illustrated with 1 vignette affixed to a text leaf, 1 outline, 1 etching and 12 hand-colored plates (complete). [2, blank], xii, [1]-188, [2, blank] pp. Bound to style in modern marbled paper over boards, red gilt morocco lettering label on spine, modern endleaves (some rubbing, edgewear to binding, some toning, thumbsoiling to original blanks and text, several gutters overopened or starting, pp. [iii] is loose but present. Very good. Bookplate of Robert Wayne Stilwell on fp. FIRST EDITION (no later edition mentioned on title-page). Some of the illustrations included views of the tomb or homes of Abelard and Heloise. Abbey Travel 86.