The Age of the Grand Tour
by Burgess, Anthony; Francis Haskell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1967. First edition. hardcover. vg. Oblong elephant folio. 136, [2]pp. Gold-stamped yellow cloth with gold lettering on spine in original color illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers and half-title page. Color frontispiece. Work contains "sketches of the manners, society and customs of France, Flanders, the United Provinces, Germany, Switzerland and Italy in the letters, journals and writings of the most celebrated voyagers between the years 1720 and 1820 with descriptions of the most illustrious antiquities and curiosities in these countries..." Illustrated with color & b/w photographic color reproductions of paintings, drawings, watercolors and engravings. Tiny closed surface tear on cloth of spine. Some age wear, creasing and few closed tears on dj. Dust jacket in good, binding in very good, interior in near fine condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34153
- Title
- The Age of the Grand Tour
- Author
- Burgess, Anthony; Francis Haskell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- 18th century europe, 19th century europe, european history, british history, british customs, 18th century england, german history, german customs, 18th century germany, swiss history, swiss customs, 18th century switzerland, italian history, italian cust
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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