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Heinrich Luden; Karl Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach : Reise Sr. Hoheit des Herzogs Bernhard zu Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach durch Nord-Amerika in den Jahren 1825 und 1826

Wilhelm Hoffmann, Weimar, 1828

contemporary full cloth. Flat spine with paper label, Lacks maps and a plan. Plates and text are generally clean, some discolouration of the binding, otherwise a good uncut example., 4to, P. title, blank, i-xxxi, printer’s Imprint, half-title, blank, 3-317; blank (3), title, blank, (2), half-title, blank, 1-323 printer’s imprint, (4), 4 folding plans, 3 engraved plates, 1 woodcut plans and some text illustrations.

Bernhard traveled extensively in South, Midwest and East of the United States. He made detailed observations as be witness by very good city and regional maps provided in the book.
The book lacks maps, with exception of: a small plan of Quebec, view of a bridge in Rochester, scene in Philadelphia, view of the Capital building in Washington DC with architectural plan underneath, a plan of a university in Virginia., Sabin 4953; Howes B-385

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