Bubbles from the Brunnens of Nassau: (Jugel's Pocket Novelists No. 6) by An Old Man (Francis Bond Head) - 1835

London: John Murray, 1835 . Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 4.5". C. E. A. Burges. A scarce edition of this Baronet's amusing account of his time recuperating among the bubbling waters of Nassau. Illustrated throughout. The scarce third edition of this work from Sir Francis Bond Head, an author and the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada during the rebellion of 1837.In the author's preface, Head humorously explains that he 'was suddenly sentenced, in the cold evening of his life, to drink the mineral waters of one of the bubbling springs, or Brunnens, of Nassau', and that 'during this severe regimen, he was driven to amuse himself in his old age by blowing, as he toddled about, a few literary bubbles'. Head goes on to relay, in amusing detail, his time in Nassau.With the engraved title page of the 1834 first edition of this work, frontispiece, and nine further plates, all the work of C. E. A. Burges. Collated, complete.To the front free endpaper is the bookplate of H. G. Doggett.From the library of Audrey… Read More

London: John Murray, 1834. First Edition. First edition. Bound in recent half morocco with gilt titles to the spine and marbled boards. Half title. Engraved frontis. Title, preface, 10 plates (including frontis). A guide to the author's travels through the "bathing resorts and fountains in the Duchy of Nassau" and his trip to Mainz. 376 pages. The binding is recent, and is in good, clean condition without flaws. There is darkening to the title page and a little staining to the verso of the frontis. Otherwise in good, if slightly darkened condition. 190 x 120 mm (7½ x 4¾ inches).