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St. Petersburgh. A Journal of Travels to and from That Capital; Through Flanders, The Rhenish Provinces, Prussia, Russia, Poland, Silesia, Saxony, The Federated States of Germany and France. By A.B. Granville, M.D. Complete in Two Volumes, Second Edition. Henry Colburn, London, 1829, two folding maps, one folding panorama, numerous engraved plates, maps and vignettes, full original leather, 8.5 x 5.5”, 8vo. In fair condition. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing along edges and corners. Blind tooled boards with gilt ruled borders. Light abrasions to surface of leather, as to be expected. Joints tender on each volume with splitting. Some loss of leather at spine, partially to heads and heels. Spines desiccated overall with loosening leather. Gilt tooling somewhat tarnished, dulled. Marbled end papers clean and bright. Free of known ownership or marginalia. Map in Volume I slightly chipped with small tears. Loose signature at 131-142 pp in Volume I. Slight offsetting from plates. Folding pieces all in good working order. Bindings remain intact. Please see photos. Scarce in original bindings. Augustus Bozzi Granville (1783-1872) was a physician, writer, and Italian patriot. Born in Milan, he studied medicine before leaving to avoid being enlisted in Napoleon's army. After practicing medicine in Greece, Turkey, Spain, and Portugal, he joined the British Navy and sailed to the West Indies. RAREB1829CMOX - 10/23 FORN-SHELF-0461-BB-2409-HKREV70
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