Michael D. Heaston Rare Books & Manuscripts
A Summer Jaunt Through the Old World
A Summer Jaunt Through the Old World
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HOLDEN, LUTHER L., A Summer Jaunt Through the Old World: A Record of an Excursion Made to and Through Europe, by the Tourjée Educational Party of 1878. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1879. 646pp.+32 plates. Illustrated. Frontis portrait of Eben Tourjée. Original red cloth boards. Boards embossed with gilt vignette display. Gilt to spine. Wear to head and foot of spine. Hinges starting. Interior quite clean. Manuscript on front fly leaf. Very good.
First edition. A historical account of a trip to Europe with over thirty illustrated plates. Illustrations include Edinburgh Castle, Sainte Chapelle in Paris, the Cathedral in Milan, the Roman Forum, and the Park and Palace of Versailles.
The voyage heads off from New York City on to Glasgow through England to France. From France they go to Germany, Belgium, Holland, and Italy.
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