[Travels - Flanders/Holland] - [Carr, William] - Travels through Flanders, Holland, Germany,
Estimation :
€250/350
Adjudication :
500 €
Description
Sweden, and Denmark. Containing an account of what is most remarkable in those countries, particularly a description of the fortified towns in Flanders and Holland, with exact draughts of Dunkirk, Maestricht, Charleroy, and Aeth (…), [5th enl. ed.]. London, for R. Taylor, 1725, 162-[6] pp. [bound with] [GARTH, Samuel] - The dispensary. A poem in six canto’s, 10th ed. London, J. & R. Tonson, 174, [24]-84 pp., 2 works in 1 vol., 12mo, old half calf (worn, lower cover loose; paper age-toned, title soiled, somewhat staining). Good copy. 1. 17th-c. travel account with topographical descriptions, “written by an english gentleman, who resided many years in Holland in a publick capacity” (1st publ. 1688). With 5 folding engravings: view of ‘The Stadthouse of Amsterdam’ and 4 maps, with English legend, of Maastricht, Dunkirk, Charleroi, Ath. title within double ruled border. Old bookpl. James scott, M.d. Ref. ESTC 63099 (only 4 copies, i.a. BL). Goldsmiths 6346. 2. 10th ed. (1st 1699) of a popular verse satire by S. Garth (1661-1719) on the opponents of the dispensary organized by the Royal College of Physicians. Front. and 6 engrs outside collation. Ref. ESTC T34573. Foxon G-32.
