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A German Duke Visits the US Mint

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A German Duke Visits the US Mint
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Bernhard, Duke Karl. REISE SR. HOHEIT DES HERZOGS BERNHARD ZU SACHSEN-WEIMAR-EISENACH DURCH NORD-AMERIKA IN DEN JAHREN 1825 UND 1826. Weimar: Wilhelm Hoffman, 1828. Two volumes, complete, as bound in one. Small 4to [25 by 16 cm], original blue cloth; printed spine label. (2), xxxi, (1), 317, (1); iv, (2), 323, (1) pages [4 advertising pages]; 25 text illustrations; maps of Boston and Quebec; fine engraved maps, some of them folding, of New York, New York harbor, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Plymouth & Plymouth Bay, and Ohio; large [55 by 44 cm], folding, finely engraved map of the United States printed in black and red; copperplate engravings of Erie Canal, the Philadelphia Waterworks, the Capitol Building (folding) and the University of Virginia. Binding sunned; spine label worn. Few signs of wear to pages. Untrimmed. Nearly fine. [Online description truncated: see printed or PDF catalogue for full description.]