Lot 107

A. B. Granville, St. Petersburgh. A Journal of Travels to and from that Capital. 2 vol. London 1829.

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€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot: 107
Category: Geography and work of views
Artist: Augustus Bozzi Granville
Granville, Augustus Bozzi: St. Petersburgh. A Journal of Travels to and from that Capital; through Flanders, the Rhenish provinces, Prussia, Russia, Poland, Silesia, Saxony, the federated states of Germany, and France. 2 vol. London: Henry Colburn 1829. With 13 aquatint plates, including 1 colored and 3 in color; 16 woodcut plates; 8 engraved maps, including 1 colored; 1 colored engraved map; and 33 woodcut illustrations in the text. XXVI pp., 560 pp.; XII pp., 708 pp. Original green linen binding with gold-stamped title labels on the spine. Blind-stamped ornamental borders and cover vignettes.

(Covers are scuffed and stained. Spine is noticeably discolored. Volume 2 has a loose binding. Brown spots.)

Abbey, Travel 25, p. 32. — 2nd edition. — Granville was a British author, physician, and gynecologist of Italian descent. In addition to his medical and scientific work, he published more than 220 books and writings, which were translated into seven languages.