Lot no. 59
RISBECK (Baron de). Voyages en Allemagne. Paris, Regnault, 1788; 3 vol. in-8 (196 x 123 mm), marbled basane, ribbed spines decorated with gilt fleurons (Period bindings). Map. Leaving Strasbourg he visits Augsburg, Munich (description of the Court, corrupt principles, uncleanness, indolence and depravity of the Bavarian peasants), Salzburg (gold and silver mines), Vienna (chastity commission, girls of joy and police snitches...), Austria, Bohemia and Prague, Prussia...
A fine copy (worm damage on some of the spine ends; epidermis on the lower corner of the 2nd plate, volume II).
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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