Nouveau Voyage De France , Geographique, Historique, et Curieux

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HB. An 18th century (1738) travel guide to France describing different routes by sea and land and giving geographical and historical information. Scratched and rubbed original leather-covered boards with (6) banded spine that has faint traces of original gilt decoration, spine title illegible; joints very worn with pieces missing; corners, edges and joints rubbed/bumped/worn. Endpapers were marbled but both front and back free endpapers are missing. Remains of an integral green ribbon bookmark. Front board and title page detached. 444 pages including:- 9 foldout black and white illustrations (I can see no map and there is no illustration list so I cannot tell if any illusustrations are missing) of which several are torn and another of a church has the top 1/3rd missing; ones that seem intact are of La Rochelle, St Malo, Rouen, Marseiile, Lyon; chronological list of Kings of France up to Louis15th.; alphabetical index of villages and bourgs. Book very worn and battered. N° de ref. del artículo 005143

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