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A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany; with Anecdotes relating to some Eminent Characters. In Two Volumes

A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany; with Anecdotes relating to some Eminent Characters. In Two Volumes

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A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany; with Anecdotes relating to some Eminent Characters. In Two Volumes

by MOORE, John

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London: W. Strahan; T. Cadell, 1780. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 2 Vols. [5], ii-xvi, 451p; [3], vi-xv, 440p. 22 cm half-leather bindings with marbled boards. Ex-library with stamps and small labels affixed to front endpapers. Leather worn with tears and missing pieces along spine extremes and corners. Fading along hinges, scuffing to boards. Some spotting to pages. Text unmarked. Sold "as-is."

John Moore (1729-1802) received his medical degree in Glasgow and later served in the Seven Years' War. His writings were referenced in the work of Lord Byron and Thomas Carlyle. The text offered here was a popular work from his period written in a tradition of travelogues published by authors such as Lawrence Sterne and Tobias Smollett and consider England's international relations with the European territories mentioned in the title.

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Title
A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany; with Anecdotes relating to some Eminent Characters. In Two Volumes
Author
MOORE, John
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
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1
Edition
Third Edition
Publisher
W. Strahan; T. Cadell
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1780
Keywords
Europe; History; Culture; Society
Bookseller catalogs
Travel;
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