Travel illustration of roller coaster Jardin Beaujon in Paris 1818 a cruise naval officer

[Stewart, James]

Travel, illustration of roller coaster Jardin Beaujon in Paris, 1818 | A cruise; or, three months on the continent by a naval officer […]. Londen 1818, 129 pp. Charming half moroccan binding.

Name: Travel, illustration of roller coaster Jardin Beaujon in Paris, 1818 | A cruise; or, three months on the continent by a naval officer [...]. Londen 1818, 129 pp. Charming half moroccan binding.
SKU: 15875
Price: 375.00 EUR
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Half moroccan, 19th century binding with guilded letters and decoration. Top of spine slightly damaged. Embellished with coloured engravings (light foxing on the illustrations, text pages are fine). Printed for law and Whittaker, 13, ave-maria lane London. With four handcoloured illustrations: A) A young woman of Alkmaar in North Holland & a Moravian Brother or Hernhutter of Zeist, B)Costume of North Holland… A lady of Zaandam and her waiting woman, C) Fish woman of the Village of Scheveling (Scheveningen) and a servant of a rich Family, D) View of the Aerial Mountains commonly call’d French Mountains. This is the Promenade aérienne du Jardin Beaujon. A rollercoaster was built in the garden as an attraction.

Travels by Stewart in the summer of 1817 through Belgium, Netherlands and France. Among other cities, descriptions of Breda, Dordrecht, Rotterdam, Delft, Scheveningen, Den Haag, Leiden, Katwijk, Haarlem (carnaval, kermis), Amsterdam, Broek, Zaandam, Nieuwersluis and Utrecht.

James Stewart is the naval officer.

Provenance: sticker with Ex P.G. Libris Skinos on the flyleaf. This is Panof Grafsos Skinos. 20th century bookplate. Skinos has a large library. Second inscription: Michael Lee Warner Valhalla. This could be the vietnam veteran born in 30.4.1947, died 22.1.1969. Served in the American army.

[NL] Aan het begin van de 19e eeuw werden verschillende attracties gebouwd die op achtbanen leken. Deze Aerial Mountain is ook bekend als Parisian Roller Coaster, Montagnes russes parisiennes, Parijse achtbaan. De “berg” in de Beaujon-tuin in Parijs werd ook door Lodewijk XVIII (Lodewijk de 18e) (1755-1824) bezocht. Lit: Jacobsen Jensen 253 (toeschrijving aan Stewart via cat. Maggs, 1908); Bodel Nijenhuis 233, Van der Meulen, p. 31; Colas 765, niet bij Lipperheide; Abbey 18Al.

SKU: 15875

€ 408,75 (€ 375,00 ex. btw)

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