OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING A RESIDENCE IN BRUSSELS, AND SEVERAL TOURS THROUGH THE NETHERLANDS by Smithers, Henry - 1816

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Brussels: Not Stated, 1819. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5". Not Stated. The second edition of this interesting travel work about the author's experiences travelling through Brussels and the Netherlands in the early nineteenth century, illustrated, including with a colour folding map. The second edition of this work. A fascinating travel work, written in a series of letters, during the author's travels through Brussels and the Netherlands. The work also contains several interesting anecdotes on the Battle of Waterloo. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a colour folding map, and two plates. Written by Henry Smithers, who was also the author of the poem 'Affection'. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the University of Oxford Libraries. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Minor rubbing to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and joints. Bookplate to… Read More

Brussels: Printed for the Author, at the British Press, No. 932, Rue Vorte, 1820. Second Edition. Frontis., another plate & folding hand-coloured map of "Theatre de la Compaigne de 1815...ou de Waterloo" at back xv, [i], [1]-268pp. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarters modern red morocco, completely uncut. Fine. Second Edition. Frontis., another plate & folding hand-coloured map of "Theatre de la Compaigne de 1815...ou de Waterloo" at back xv, [i], [1]-268pp. 8vo. UNCUT.