Ideas, Suggested on the Spot in a Late Excursion Through Flanders, Germany, France, and Italy

A very scarce late 18th-century travel account through Europe, by English writer and inventor Adam Walker. First edition. Very scarce. In a half calf binding with marbled paper covered boards and personalised gilt stamp to the head of the spine. Retaining the original endpapers and blanks. In-text wood-cut illustrations throughout, several with dimensions or measurements. This travel account comprises the author's instant thoughts and sights as written on the spot, forming what the author calls a work with "all their imperfections", and very little alteration for publication. With vivid descriptions of the topography, modes of transport, buildings, botany, churches and more throughout Flanders, Germany, France and Italy. From English writer and inventor Adam Walker, best known for his lectures on astronomy, aided by one of his inventions, the eidouranion - an ancestor of planetarium projectors. With the bookplate of the Marquis of Stafford, with the motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense", with links to the Leveson-Gower family. In a half calf binding with marbled paper covered boards and personalised gilt stamp to the head of the spine.Externally, generally smart, with rubbing resulting to loss to the spine head. Front joint is strained, but tenderly held. Bookplate of The Marquis of Stafford to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with spotting to the first and last couple leaves. Good. …