GERNING, JOHANN ISAAK VON. 1767-1837.
A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne: with Illustrations of the Scenes of Remarkable Events, and of Popular Traditions. London: R. Ackermann, 1820.
4to (333 x 272 mm). xiv, [2], 178 pp. 24 hand-colored aquatint engraved plates and engraved folding map with hand-coloring in outline. Early half black morocco over cloth boards. Offset from some plates, light toning, endpapers foxed, joints and corners rubbed, spine worn.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, EARLY ISSUE, with no plate numbers, but with some plates dated a month later. Abbey Travel 217; Tooley 234.
4to (333 x 272 mm). xiv, [2], 178 pp. 24 hand-colored aquatint engraved plates and engraved folding map with hand-coloring in outline. Early half black morocco over cloth boards. Offset from some plates, light toning, endpapers foxed, joints and corners rubbed, spine worn.
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, EARLY ISSUE, with no plate numbers, but with some plates dated a month later. Abbey Travel 217; Tooley 234.
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