L'ami des voyageurs, ou, Etrennes instructives, curieuses et nécessaires à toutes les personnes qui voyagent, soit à pied, à cheval, en voiture, ou par eau : soit par les voitures publiques, etc. etc.
A travelers' guide, concentrating on practical and recreational information. Advice is given on how to choose a horse, or shoes if one is traveling by foot, and suggestions are made for amusing oneself during a trip with verse and song.
The binding is an embroidered binding in green silk, embellished with gold thread and silver, pink, and gold spangles; both covers feature painted portraits of young women under mica. Inside the front cover is a mirror; inside the back cover, a pocket for calling cards.
Full text available from Watson Library Digital Collections: http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16028coll4/id/21546
See a blog post about this book at: http://www.metmuseum.org/research/libraries-and-study-centers/in-circulation/2014/ami-des-voyageurs
The binding is an embroidered binding in green silk, embellished with gold thread and silver, pink, and gold spangles; both covers feature painted portraits of young women under mica. Inside the front cover is a mirror; inside the back cover, a pocket for calling cards.
Full text available from Watson Library Digital Collections: http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16028coll4/id/21546
See a blog post about this book at: http://www.metmuseum.org/research/libraries-and-study-centers/in-circulation/2014/ami-des-voyageurs
Artwork Details
- Title: L'ami des voyageurs, ou, Etrennes instructives, curieuses et nécessaires à toutes les personnes qui voyagent, soit à pied, à cheval, en voiture, ou par eau : soit par les voitures publiques, etc. etc.
- Publisher: Chez Marcilly
- Date: ca. 1820
- Geography: Paris, France
- Dimensions: 68 pages, Height: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Jayne Wrightsman, 2009
- Object Number: G150 .A45 1820
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