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839 - Germany - Lower Saxony - Marcard, Heinrich Matthias. Description of Pyrmont. 2 volumes in 1 volume. With 2 title vignettes, 1 fold-out map (28 x 34 cm), and 8 fold-out plates, all in colored copperplate engravings by C. G. Geyser after Johann Friedrich Weitsch. Leipzig, Weidmann, 1784–1785. (26), 323, (1), (12), 355, (1) pp. 20 x 12.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label, gilt spine, and colored paper endpapers (spine slightly restored).
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Germany - Lower Saxony - Marcard, Heinrich Matthias. Description of Pyrmont. 2 volumes in 1 volume. With 2 title vignettes, 1 fold-out map (28 x 34 cm), and 8 fold-out plates, all in colored copperplate engravings by C. G. Geyser after Johann Friedrich Weitsch. Leipzig, Weidmann, 1784–1785. (26), 323, (1), (12), 355, (1) pp. 20 x 12.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label, gilt spine, and colored paper endpapers (spine slightly restored). First edition. - Engelmann, Geogr. 803 - Hirsch/Hübotter IV, 67 - Martin, Badewesen p. 419 Thieme/Becker XXXV, 351 (Weitsch). - Marcard was the most prominent spa physician of the 18th century (Martin, p. 279). Born in 1747, he grew up in Walsrode and Stade; in 1776 he became court physician in Hanover; from 1887 onward, he served as personal physician to Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig of Oldenburg; In 1788, he moved to Oldenburg, where he belonged to the circle around G. A. von Halem and was a moderate supporter of the Enlightenment; in addition, he practiced in Pyrmont during the three summer months; he died in Hanover in 1817. - The colored fold-out map featuring a city plan, the beautifully colored plates depicting views of the spa facilities, the landscape around Pyrmont, and individual buildings, as well as a panoramic view. In addition to descriptions of the city and the spa system, it contains many details about social life, e.g., regarding students, the prejudices of the nobility, and the nobility as judged by contemporaries. The illnesses for which Pyrmont’s water is used are described in detail. - Page edges show finger stains in places; isolated foxing spots; plates have moisture stains along the edges in places; short tears along the margins of the fold-out map have been backed. *
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