Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1764 (Publisher series: Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell.)
by Boswell, James (Biography of James Boswell; Edited by Frederick A. Pottle.)
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About This Item
Melbourne: William Heinemann 1953, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 353pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Top edge stained blue. Map endpapers, notes, illustrations, appendices, index. The dust jacket is toned along the spine and edges with a shallow chip to the top of the spine and there is a previous owner's name and book stamp on the front and back endpapers. "This volume is the wonderfully fresh and detailed journal of the exuberant Scot as he samples the dazzling court life in Germany, and relentlessly seeks out two of the greatest men of his day - Rousseau in Switzerland and Voltaire just across the border in France". Biography of James Boswell. Time Period 1764 & 18th Century. Edited by Frederick A. Pottle. Publisher series: Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell 4. Locale: France; Germany; Switzerland. (Biography, Travel and Adventure).
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- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 134771
- Title
- Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1764 (Publisher series: Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell.)
- Author
- Boswell, James (Biography of James Boswell; Edited by Frederick A. Pottle.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Keywords
- Biography, Travel and Adventure
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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