Travels through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy and Lorrain: Giving a true and just description of the present state of those countries; their natural, literary, and political history; manners, laws, commerce, manufactures, painting, sculpture, architecture, coins, antiquities, curiosities of art and nature, etc. Vol III

Description:

Vol III (of four) only. First English edition. Translated from the second German edition. This volume - composed as a series of letters is an important historical source for geographical features and cultural monuments of the period. It covers part of the journey in Italy, including; Loretto, Ravenna, Bologna, Modena, Parma, Mantua, Verona, Vicenza, Padua, and four chapters on Venice. It also includes a description of the Quicksilver mines at Idra [Slovenia].

Condition

4to, cont. speckled calf, worn, some loss to head and foot of spine, front joint cracked; raised bands to spine, lacking leather title piece. Minor worming to lower corner of final leaves.