Rev Dr Render (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Volume I only Printed by A. Strahan . for T.N. Longman and O. Rees (1801) hardback original leather gilt title and bands to spine, 367 pages, from the private library of Thomas Braun the well respected Oxford Don, Academic, Linguist and Classicist with his Signature and date to fep, split to spine edge, inner hinge loose, private label and inscriptions to feps but still in good tight clean reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch via tracked. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The very scarce first edition of this descriptive guide to Germany, inclusive of a handy phrasebook for readers. The first edition of the work.Very scarce.Collated, bound without the 'Music of the Songs' to the rear of volume one.Published in 1801, William Render"s A Tour Through Germany details his travels along the Rhine, Main, and Palatinate regions. Blending cultural observations, landscape descriptions, and local customs, it also includes a German-English phrasebook for practical use by travellers.Written by Dr. William Render, a German native who settled in England. He was a translator, tutor, and travel writer. In half calf with marbled boards. Externally very smart with rubbing to extremities and boards resulting in slight loss to leather. Hinges very slightly strained but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot, slightly heavier to first and last few pages. Ink spill to page 167 of volume 1, not impacting the text. Very Good. book.