Live auction - Lot 648
[Europe]
Guide des voyageurs en Europe [...]. Dixième édition.
Paris, Hyacinthe Langlois, 1819
€ 100 / 120
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Lot description
2 vol., 12mo (some worming in vol. 2, some min. spotting).
Contemp. calf (sl. rubbed), gilt border on covers (1 corner rep.), gilt flat spine (joints rubbed), marbl. endpapers. Good copy.
Later French ed. (orig. 1784, 1st French ed. 1793) of this immensely popular travel guide by the German writer, journalist, theatre director and librarian H.A.O. Reichard (1751-1828), one of the very first modern travel guides. Ill. with 10 engr. folding plates, each showing a "Panorama de curiosités" of major European cities (Paris, Rome, Vienna, Madrid, London, St Petersburg, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Berlin, Stockholm).
Ref. Worldcat. - BL. - Not in BnF.
Prov. Stamp erased on flyleaves.