LACOSTE, JEAN AIME).

Briefe eines aufmerksamen Beobachters über England. Aus dem Französischen von Karl Hammerdörfer, Professor in Jena.

Weissenfels & Leipzig, Severin, 1788.

8vo. In contemporary (original?) blank boards with gilt lettering to spine. Old paper-label to spine and boards miscoloured, internally fine and clean. (8), 322 pp.

Rare first German translation of Lacoste’s work on the English society orginally published in French under the title “Voyage philosophique de l'Angleterre”. It is written from the perspective of a French traveller examining English political institutions, commerce, manners, customs, society and public life in general. Rather than a conventional travel guide, the work gives a critical and comparative description of England.

Order-nr.: 63426