‎LACOSTE, JEAN AIME).‎
‎Briefe eines aufmerksamen Beobachters uber England. Aus dem Franzosischen von Karl Hammerdorfer, Professor in Jena.‎

‎Weissenfels & Leipzig, Severin, 1788. 8vo. In contemporary (original?) blank boards with gilt lettering to spine. Old paper-label to spine and boards miscoloured, internally fine and clean. (8), 322 pp.‎

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‎Rare first German translation of Lacoste’s work on the English society orginally published in French under the title “Voyage philosophique de l'Angleterre”. It is written from the perspective of a French traveller examining English political institutions, commerce, manners, customs, society and public life in general. Rather than a conventional travel guide, the work gives a critical and comparative description of England.‎