GERNING, Baron Johann Isaak von (1767-1837) - A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne. London: R. Ackermann, 1820 [tavole con filigrane datate 1816-17; testo con filigrane del 1817].

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Lot 210 | GERNING, Baron Johann Isaak von (1767-1837) - A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne. London: R. Ackermann, 1820 [tavole con filigrane datate 1816-17; testo con filigrane del 1817].
GERNING, Baron Johann Isaak von (1767-1837) - A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne. London: R. Ackermann, 1820 [tavole con filigrane datate 1816-17; testo con filigrane del 1817].

Internally a good copy with splendid contemporary colouring of the first edition. The aquatints depict views of Mentz, Furstenberg Castle, Pfalz Castle and the town of Kaub, salmon fishing in Lurley, Koblenz, Bornhofen, Cologne and other sites. The watermarks of the plates are dated 1816-17 and those of the text 1817 making this one of the first editions.

4to (335 x 270mm). 24 splendid hand-coloured plates from the time of D. Havell and T. Sutherland and a map showing the course of the river Rhine (without the 4 pp. list of subscribers, occasional light spotting and light offprint, a few leaves with small tears in the inner margin due to the detachment of the rear cover). Elegant green morocco richly decorated in blind and gilt, fine endpapers in green velvet with gilt decorations, gilt edges (rebacked preserving part of the original spine, light rubbing, heavier wear to joints and back cover detached).
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