Physiologie du voyageur

by Maurice Alhoy

$450 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Paris: 1841 . 16mo. 126, 1 pp. Wood engravings throughout. Later cloth-backed marbled boards. Light foxing, otherwise a good copy. Item #20129 First edition, a satirical typology of tourists and travelers. The text opens with a historical account of travel modes across cultures, then describes different kinds of travelers: artists, students, vagabonds, humanitarians, etc. Alhoy goes on to categorize train conductors and ship mates, along with the perils

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