Touring in 1600

1911, first edition, 'A Study in the Development of Travel as a Means of Education'

Author

E S Bates

Publisher

Constable, London, 1911

Printing Details

First edition. Hardback, bound in the original blue cloth with gilt titling and decoration to spine and upper board. Top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed. 23 × 15cm, xiv + 418pp.

A study of how, where and why people travelled the world in the early seventeenth century, with chapters on guides and guide-books, means of travel, Christian Europe, Mohammedan Europe, Inns, etc etc, and with illustrations from contemporary sources.

Condition

A good solid copy of this book, some light blotchy foxing to the prelims and title but the main body of text in good clean condition, and the inner binding secure.

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