PÖLLNITZ, Karl Ludwig von

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PÖLLNITZ, Karl Ludwig von
PÖLLNITZ, Karl Ludwig von Amusemens des eaux d'Aix-La-Chapelle. A useful work for those who go there to bathe, or who use its waters Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1736. 2 vols in-12, full calf with arms, spine with ornamented nerves. Volume 1 : (14) pp. (title in black and red, epistle, warning), 450 pp. 1 frontispiece, 1 mid-page illustration, and 11 plates outside the text, 10 of which are folding. Volume 2 : (2) pp. with title in black and red, 443 pp. with 3 illustrations in the text and 6 folding plates. A total of 22 plates out of 24. Copies with the arms of La Tremoille. A slightly incomplete set of two volumes out of the three published, but nevertheless unusual, which relates the stays at the waters in the early 18th century, describing care and ablutions but also social adventures, banter, visits and anecdotes. Ex-libris A.-G. du Plessis.
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