15 - CHANTREAU (Pierre-Nicolas). A Journey Through the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Undertaken in 1788 and 1789; a work containing all that is most interesting about the customs of the inhabitants of Great Britain, their population, their religious views, their prejudices, their traditions, their political constitution, their land and naval forces, the progress they have made in the arts and sciences, along with anecdotes that are as witty as they are philosophical. Paris, Briand, 1792. 3 volumes in-8, full sheepskin, slightly worn. (2) ff., II, 388 pp., 3 pp.; (2) ff., 364 pp.; (2) ff., 342 pp.

CHANTREAU (Pierre-Nicolas). A Journey Through the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Undertaken in 1788 and 1789; a work containing all that is most interesting about the customs of the inhabitants of Great Britain, their population, their religious views, their prejudices, their traditions, their political constitution, their land and naval forces, the progress they have made in the arts and sciences, along with anecdotes that are as witty as they are philosophical. Paris, Briand, 1792. 3 volumes in-8, full sheepskin, slightly worn. (2) ff., II, 388 pp., 3 pp.; (2) ff., 364 pp.; (2) ff., 342 pp. 3 fold-out maps and 6 engraved plates inserted separately. First edition of this account of the journey undertaken by Pierre-Nicolas Chantreau (1741–1808) to Great Britain on the eve of the French Revolution. Includes: FIÉVÉE (J.). Letters on England and Reflections on Eighteenth-Century Philosophy. Paris, Perlet and Desenne, 1802. One in-8 volume, full sheepskin binding, slightly worn. (2) ff., 277 pp. First edition.