Pierre-Jean GROSLEY
Londres
S. n.|à Lausanne 1774|10 x 17 cm|quatre volumes reliés
Second edition with some parts in first edition, after the original edition of 1770, which contained only 3 volumes. A large folding map in volume I of London and the cities and suburbs of London and Westminster.
Contemporary full marbled glazed calf bindings. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title labels. Some surface wear and tears with losses, but good overall condition, decorative.
Travel account, departing from Boulogne and continuing to London with a detailed study of customs, habits and all aspects of society: the poor, jurisprudence, the clergy, the arts, the navy, horse racing, commerce 371pp. (...and particular chapters on melancholy, considered as a characteristic of the English, and how this has contributed to their genius in the arts or sciences.
Contemporary full marbled glazed calf bindings. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title labels. Some surface wear and tears with losses, but good overall condition, decorative.
Travel account, departing from Boulogne and continuing to London with a detailed study of customs, habits and all aspects of society: the poor, jurisprudence, the clergy, the arts, the navy, horse racing, commerce 371pp. (...and particular chapters on melancholy, considered as a characteristic of the English, and how this has contributed to their genius in the arts or sciences.
€600