Lot 1172 Hermann von Pückler-Muskau. Tour in England, Ireland, and …

Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1828 und 1829 ... In a series of letters by a German Prince. 4 Bände. Mit lithogr. Porträt des Verf. von J. Hullmandel nach W. Taylor. als Front. d. 3. Bd. London, Effingham Wilson, 1832. XII, 358 S. X, 304 S. XVI, 384 S. X, 389 (1) S. Kl-8°. Geglättete Kalbldr. d. Zt. mit reicher, teils floraler Gold- u. Blindprägung auf Decken, Rücken, Steh- und Innenkanten, goldgepr. RTit. u. ornament. Bandnr. auf Ldr.-Schildchen, Vorsätzen aus farbigem Kammmarmorpapier, farbig marmoriertem Schnitt und Lesezeichenbändern (mit minimalen Bezugsfehlstellen, beschabt und stw. etw. fleckig, Farbe im Schnitt teils gering verblasst).

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Geographie und Reisen – Erste englische Ausgabe eines der charmantesten Werke deutscher Briefliteratur.. - Wilpert-Gühring 2 (für die dt. Erstausg.) - Tle. 1 u. 2 von Pückler-Muskaus tagebuchartigen Briefen an seine Frau berichten aus England, Wales, Irland und Frankreich, Tle. 3. u. 4. behandeln Deutschland, Holland und noch einmal England. - Die Erstausgabe war zwischen 1830 und 1832 erschienen. In der Übersetzung der bedeutenden englischen Autorin und Kulturvermittlerin Sarah Austin. - Provenienz: James Abbott (geb. Alexander, 1806-58), mit dessen lithograph. Ex Libris, worauf das Wappen derer von Abbott auf allen vier Vorderspiegeln. - Stellenweise gering stockfleckig, etwas gebräunt, sonst sehr gut erhaltener, edel gebundener Exemplarsatz.

Geography and Travel – First English edition of one of the most charming works of German epistolary literature, bound in a superb contemporary calf binding with rich ornamental gold tooling. With 1 lithographed portrait of the author by J. Hullmandel after W. Taylor as frontispiece of vol. 3 - For references see above. - Parts 1 and 2 of Pückler-Muskau's diary-like letters to his wife report from England, Wales, Ireland and France, parts 3 and 4 deal with Germany, Holland and England again. - Translated from the first edition (1830-32) by the eminent English author and cultural mediator Sarah Austin. - Provenance: James Abbott (born Alexander, 1806-58), with his lithographed bookplate, on which the Abbott coat of arms appears, on all four front endpapers. - Slightly foxed in places, slightly browned, otherwise very well preserved, elegantly bound set.

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