Moore john 17291802 (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket, As Issued. First American Edition. An influential late-eighteenth-century travel narrative by John Moore, written as a series of letters recounting his European travels with the Duke of Hamilton across France, Switzerland, Germany, Bohemia, and Austria. First published in Britain and rapidly reissued in America, the work combines social observation, cultural commentary, and anecdotal portraiture of prominent Enlightenment figures, reflecting the growing American appetite for Continental travel literature in the post-Revolutionary period. Bound in full calf leather with a red leather spine label and gilt lettering to the spine. Octavo; 8.5 inches tall by 5.75 inches wide; 430 pages. Engraved title-page vignette. Pagination errors present as issued: page 215 misnumbered [115]; page 187 misnumbered [178]. ESTC 006454642. Bindings show external wear with rubbing and scuffing to the covers; faint vertical cracking and minor chipping along the spine and spine edges. Hinges are cracked but holding. The armorial bookplate of Bibliothèque Schorsch is affixed to the front pastedown; an early owner's signature appears on the front flyleaf. Text exhibits foxing and toning throughout with occasional faint moisture staining. Despite wear, a solid, intact copy of this early American travel book. First American Edition. Presented in epistolary form, Moore's narrative records encounters with European society at every levelfrom courtly manners to provincial customoffering perceptive commentary shaped by Enlightenment values and Scottish intellectual culture. Notably, Moore recounts meetings with Frederick the Great and Voltaire, lending the volume documentary value beyond conventional travel writing. The book was immensely popular on both sides of the Atlantic, appealing to readers interested in Continental politics, social character, and cultural refinement during a period when American travelers were only beginning to engage Europe directly. Alongside his later View of Society and Manners in Italy, this work helped define Anglophone travel literature at the close of the eighteenth century. Genres: Travel Literature, Enlightenment Non-Fiction, Social Observation Subjects: Grand Tour, FranceSocial Life and Customs, SwitzerlandSocial Life and Customs, GermanySocial Life and Customs, Frederick the Great, Voltaire, Eighteenth-Century Europe, Early American Imprints, Apollo Press Boston, Epistolary Travel Narrative References: ESTC 006454642; NCBEL II 1425; ODNB; Evans 24553, 24554. …