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Voyage En Pologne, Russie, Suede, Danemarck, Etc.- 4 Volumes by Coxe, William (1747-1828)
- Bookseller: Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #: 007094
- Format/binding: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near Fine
- Illustrator: 12 Folding Maps & Plans, 4 Portraits and 3 Other Illustrations, 1 a Folding Costume Plate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Barde, Manget & Co.
- Place: Geneva
- Date published: 1787
- Keywords: Travel, Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, William Coxe, Mallet
Book Description
Geneva: Barde, Manget & Co., 1787. Augmented with a voyage to Norway by P. H. Mallet in volume four. All illustrations complete as called for and in excellent condition. Fine, contemporary bindings are speckled calf with raised bands, elaborate gilt designs in the spine panels and dark brown title and volume labels on each volume with bright gilt letters. The volume label on volume 4 is chipped on the corner. Gilt lines on the board edges. Hinges are fine except front hinge on volume 4 is beginning to split at the top. Marbled page edges. Inside, all hinges fine, marbled endpapers, clean with no foxing, no page browning, no prior owner marks. Travel through northern Europe and into 18th Century Russia in 1775 to 1779, the author a member of the Royal College of Cambridge University, among others. The text is in French. A beautiful set, in a fine, contemporary leather binding in exceptional condition. . Full-Leather. Near Fine. Illus. by 12 Folding Maps & Plans, 4 Portraits and 3 Other Illustrations, 1 a Folding Costume Plate. 8 Vo.
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