[Travel]. Whittingham, Major.

Personal Recollections of a Ten Months' Residence in Berlin; also extracts from a journal kept in Paris during the crisis of 1839.

London: John Ollivier, 1846. First edition. Marbled Boards. 12 mo (5 1/4 X 8 1/2), pp. vi, 347. Very Good, prof rebacked w/leather over orig bds, some foxing to first few pages. Item #3867

Fascinating reading: first-hand impressions of a British professional soldier during a ten month stay in Berlin (preceded by his impressions during the trip on the continent through the Rhine, Frankfurt, Leipzig en route to the Capitol city) during the 1830s. The second half of the book contains his impressions in Paris during "the crisis of 1839." Wonderful insights from a contemporary European.

Price: $200.00