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Beschreibung:

184, 199 S. 2 Kupfertafeln und 1 gefalt. Kupferkarte. Kl.-8°. HLdr. der Zeit mit Rückenschild (etw. berieben und bestoßen).

Bemerkung:

Zweite deutsche Ausgabe, die erste war 1806 - 1808 erschienen. - "Sir John Carr (1772?1832) was an English barrister and (travel) writer. Carr, from Devonshire, was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, but for health reasons began to travel. Accounts of his journeys around Europe were popular for their light style. Shortly after the publication of The Stranger in Ireland (1806), Carr was knighted by John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In 1807 his Tour in Ireland was made the subject of a spoof by Edward Dubois, entitled My Pocket Book, or Hints for a Ryghte Merrie and Conceited Tour. The publishers were prosecuted in 1809, but Carr was nonsuited. Lord Byron met Carr at Cadiz, and referred to him in some suppressed stanzas of Childe Harold as `Green Erin`s knight and Europe`s wandering star`. Carr died in New Norfolk Street, London, on 17 July 1832. ... This travel book is a singular account of early 19th century travel literature. On the one hand, the most frequent travel writing made during 1804 were soldier diaries, not travel writers` publications. Carr presents an exceptional case of a 19th century traveler in Europe who was not directly involved with the Napoleonic Wars or the British military. Neither was he affiliated with the British Empire`s colonialist expansions. Carr traveled for the purpose of traveling. On the other hand, the most common form of traveling in the 19th century was to destinations typical of the Grand Tour, for example France and Italy. Carr, however, travel north, and not south, to countries unusually visited by British travelers, as he states himself in the book" (Wikipedia Abruf vom 14.06.2023). - Exlibris und Spuren eines entfernten Exlibris. Durchgehend etw. fleckig und gebräunt.