GERNING (Baron J. J. von). A Picturesque Tour along the Rhin - Lot 94

GERNING (Baron J. J. von). A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine From Mentz To Cologne. London, Ackermann, 1820. Large in-4° , purple morocco, ornate spine, double framed in gilt thread and dentils with corner motif, title in gilt lettering in center of 1st board, gilt tr. (Binding of the period). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Superb and rare work, illustrated with a colored map of the course of the Rhine and twenty-four splendid watercolor views of towns, sites and castles after G. Schuetz. Schuetz and watercolored with the greatest care. Views of Coblentz, Cologne, etc. "The most beautiful suite on the Rhine" (P. O. Rave, Rhein bilder der Romantik, 1924). A very freshly colored and perfectly fresh copy, in a very fine Romantic binding, as new (spine split). Schmitt 84; Abbey 217; Tooley 234.