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• Auction House:
  Davidson Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Estate & Collector
• Sale Date:
  02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
  02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326
• Lot #:
  1110
• Lot Description:
  Books On Spas & Hotels, Restaurants (2)
  [ Spas, Villes d'Eaux - Guide] Album International des Villes d'Eaux. Des Manufacturiers du Commerce et de l'Industrie. Guide en cinq Sections et en cinq Langues. Reuni a l'Album Universel des Eaux Minerales, des Bains de Mer& des Stations d'Hiver. Douzieme Annee - 1874. Paris, ..et a Londres, Administration, J.Cambon, Directeur-General. Many wood-engraved illustrations and illustrated advertisements, (392)pp., folio, publisher's decorated red cloth gilt, minor repair at spine top, tips a little rubbed. Internally excellent. The spas, watering places, seaside hotels &c., are listed alphabetically, each with a description and many with an illustration of the establishment. There are 5 sections, for France, England, Germany, Spain, Italy, the French section by far the fullest, including Belgium and Switzerland. But the bulk of the book, perhaps three-quarters, comprises interspersed advertisements (full page, and half page, a few smaller) the majority illustrated, often elaborately. T
• Estimate:
  A$150 - 250
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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