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Zustand: Good. Paris, C. F. Cramer, 1801. Front,(4),190,(1) pp. Early 20th-century stiff reddish grey wrappers, slightly worn and soiled, with original printed spine label preserved: "Lettres d'un danois". Uncut and partly unopened. Occasional foxing. Stamp and signature. A very good copy. The frontispiece with Napoleon on an antique style victory carriage is engraved by Barthelémy Roger from an original by Pierre Paul Prud'hon, which belonged to the author and had been exhibited at the salon in 1801. Tönnes Christian Bruun Neergaard (1776-1824) was a Danish chamberlain, landowner and art collector. He made extensive travels in Europe and lived in Paris for long periods of time.…

First edition. Small 4to. Half green morocco with brown boards, gilt title on rubbed spine. Some occasional light foxing, first few pages with top right corner laking, not affecting text. [ii], 154pp. Paris, Solvet et al.,  The rare original edition of this work.   Déodat de Dolomieu (1750-1801) was a French geologist; both the dolomite mineral as well as the Dolomites in the Italian Alpes are named after him.   The author undertook this trip with Dolomieu through the Alps shortly before the latter passed away. This work is the only one published during Dolomieu's time which discusses his explorations in the Alps.…