Lot 107
A. B. Granville, St. Petersburgh. A Journal of Travels to and from that Capital. 2 vol. London 1829.
Estimate
€ 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.
(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.