Beschreibung des Wurm - oder Starenbergersees und der umherliegenden Schlößer
by Westenrieder, Lorenz
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Munich, Germany: Süddeutscher Verlag GmbH, 1978. Facsimile Reprint 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. vi, 164pp, xi. Twelve unpaginated colour plates including one double-page. Fold-out map and print tipped in inside bfep, as published. Gift inscription inked on colophon. Pale grey endpapers. Blue-grey boards w gilt lettering in black title panel on spine. No wear to covers or spine, but spine shows strong sunning. Binding square and sound. Illustrated slipcase is clean and without wear. Facsimile reprint of the original Johann Baptist Strobel edition (1784), in Gothic German text. Includes bibliography and an Epilogue by Gunter Goepfert written for this edition. ISBN 3-7991-05962-2 [sic]. Written by Prof. Lorenz von Westenrieder (1748-1829), in the summer of 1783 , this work recounts a trip around Lake Starnberg (then known as Lake Würm) in Bavaria, and describes the surrounding landscape, the tranquil villages and beautiful castles on the lake, and the culture and living conditions of the people.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042394
- Title
- Beschreibung des Wurm - oder Starenbergersees und der umherliegenden Schlößer
- Author
- Westenrieder, Lorenz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Facsimile Reprint 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- Süddeutscher Verlag GmbH
- Place of Publication
- Munich, Germany
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Westenrieder, Lorenz von, Prof., (1748-1829). Beschreibung des Wurm - oder Starenbergersees und der umherliegenden Schlößer.
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- Facsimile
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- Colophon
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- 12mo
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- Reprint
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- Gilt
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- Tipped In
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