Reise Sr. Hoheit des Herzogs Bernhard zu Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach durch Nord-Amerika in den Jahren 1825 und 1826
- Weimar: Wilhelm Hoffmann, 1828
Weimar: Wilhelm Hoffmann, 1828. Very Good-. Weimar: Wilhelm Hoffmann, 1828. First Edition. Two volumes bound in one; octavo (22.5cm.); contemporary imitation tree calf boards recently rebacked with original green gilt spine label retained, all edges stained yellow; xxxi,[1],317; iv,[2],323,[5](ads)pp.; thirteen leaves of plates, chiefly maps and views, eight of them folding. Ex-library with brief rubberstamps to a few leaves, boards a bit scuffed with short cracks to upper cover paper, small square of paper repair to bottom fore-edge corner of title page, contemporary inscription to front free endpaper, some plates browned due to inferior paper quality, occasional foxing to textblock, else a Good to Very Good, internally clean and sound copy.
Important contribution to the canon of North American travelogues of the first half of the 19th century based on the diaries of Waterloo veteran Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792-1862). Text includes the list of subscribers as well as the publisher's advertisements bound in rear of the second volume.
The first volume is devoted to travels through the Northern states and into Canada, concluding with Baltimore and Washington, DC. The second volume details travels through the South and Midwest, including New Orleans and St. Louis. Of special interest is the author's chapter on the utopian community of New Harmony recently founded by Robert Owen in Indiana.
HOWES B385.
Important contribution to the canon of North American travelogues of the first half of the 19th century based on the diaries of Waterloo veteran Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792-1862). Text includes the list of subscribers as well as the publisher's advertisements bound in rear of the second volume.
The first volume is devoted to travels through the Northern states and into Canada, concluding with Baltimore and Washington, DC. The second volume details travels through the South and Midwest, including New Orleans and St. Louis. Of special interest is the author's chapter on the utopian community of New Harmony recently founded by Robert Owen in Indiana.
HOWES B385.