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A Practical Manual for Steam-Boat Travellers from London to Strasbourg
by LACHENWITZ, Fr. Ludw
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Leigh & Son, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 192 p. 20 cm. Map missing. Green paper-covered boards. All edges gilt. New spine and spine label. Original paper worn, hinges tape-repaired internally. Ink signature on title-page. Foxing.
A traveller's guide to steam boating on the Rhine. Includes a useful list of fares for passengers, carriages, horses and dogs as well as prices of freight from acorns to zinc. Bill of fare lists goodies available on board including hot chocolate, anchovies and an exceptional wine and liquor list. Also includes much info on regulations, laws, and duties. Descriptions of various towns en route including Rotterdam, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Bonn, Waorms, Mannhewim, Baden Baden, Strasbourg. Index at rear. Also includes a history of Steam-Navigation on the Rhine.
A traveller's guide to steam boating on the Rhine. Includes a useful list of fares for passengers, carriages, horses and dogs as well as prices of freight from acorns to zinc. Bill of fare lists goodies available on board including hot chocolate, anchovies and an exceptional wine and liquor list. Also includes much info on regulations, laws, and duties. Descriptions of various towns en route including Rotterdam, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Bonn, Waorms, Mannhewim, Baden Baden, Strasbourg. Index at rear. Also includes a history of Steam-Navigation on the Rhine.
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- Attic Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100649
- Title
- A Practical Manual for Steam-Boat Travellers from London to Strasbourg
- Author
- LACHENWITZ, Fr. Ludw
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Leigh & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1838
- Keywords
- Travel, Travelogue, Navigation, regulations, laws, duties, Swiss Alps, Netherlands, Europe, historic, history, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, England, France, steam, steamboat
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; History; Transportation;
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