Travels Thorough Some Parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia and Turkey by Neale, Adam - 1818

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1818. Quarto. Hand-colored frontispiece, 295pp., 10 other hand color plates. With the errata sheet on the verso of the directions to the binder which shows where the following items (all present) are to be placed: The Greek Reis to face the title page, Dresden, Koenigstein on the Elbe, Meissen the Margravite (2 views), Prague, Wissegorod of Prague and Brunn (2 views); Halietz on the Dniester and Greek palace at Terapia (2 views), Jassy, Capitol of Moldavia; and on the Black Sea, Agatopoli, the Promentory of Eneada, and finally The Turkish boatmen and barber. In all there are 15 aquatints on the 11 plates Dr. Adam Neale's travels covered several neglected areas especially in Moldavia and the Ottoman Empire. His travels commenced in July 1805 until March 1806. His vivid English text details observations and descriptons of the regions especially those suffering as a result of the Napoleonic wars. the battle of Austerlitz had just taken place in December 1805. In addition, he provides statistical data on population, rulers, and related points of interest. This is one of the best accounts on Romania at the time as well as the Balkan region. Bound in a later 3/4 black morocco over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers, raised bands, lettering within three compartments gilt, top edge gilt, light off-setting to plates and a few text pages. A very handsome copy. (see Abbey, Travel 19; Tooley (1954), No. 344; Cat. Russica, No. N261.