(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Travel, Tourism, Souvenir Albums, Illustrated Books, World Cities, Europe).
The Principal Cities of the Whole World.
Published c. 1890's, Dresden, Germany by Jacobi & Zobel.
28 pages, each with multiple miniature views. Text in French & English. Illustrated throughout.
Publisher's cloth binding, gilt title lettering & cover decorations.
Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.
Binding age worn, main text block of views has split from cover and is now detached with some splits along some of the old fold lines between views, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall attractive as an object.
Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally.
Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive.
Please review photos for more detail showing how this book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.
Book Measures c. 7" H x 5 1/2" W.
[B11837].