AN ITINERARY CONTAINING HIS TEN YEERES TRAVELL THROUGH THE TWELVE DOMINIONS OF GERMANY, BOHMERLAND, SWEITZERLAND, NETHERLAND, DENMARKE, POLAND, ITALY, TURKY, FRANCE, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND & IRELAND

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Four 8vos in red cloth with gilt titling and spine decoration, gilt engraved emblems, and gilt top edges. 468, 466, 499, 521 pp. VG. Very light wear. Corners bumped. Slight fade to spines and top edge of front board of volume three. Foxing to front matter of the first two volumes. Texts, plates, and fold outs are clean throughout the set. This is an exact reprint of the edition of 1617 with printing errors corrected and letters altered to conform with modern usage, and with the addition of an index. The first volume contains a large fold-out facsimile of the original title page and a fold-out facsimile of the Priviledge of Copyright, both in excellent, pristine condition. Moryson pretty much invented the post-university Grand Tour that became a necessary rite of passage for generations after him. As well as documenting "all things there worthy to be seen" he also writes in fine detail of the practical concerns of travelling in his time, which paints a vivid portrait that virtually invites the reader along for the journey. This very nicely printed four volume set was the first full publication of Moryson's Itinerary since its original publication in 1617. It was limited to 1000 copies. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box. N° de ref. del artículo 041423case

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