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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 French
ca. 1820
Not on view
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

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  • 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
  • Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library

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