2 volumes, 4to (286 x 216 mm). 12 engraved maps and plans by Thomas Kitchin, most folding, 11 engraved plates. (Offsetting and toning, some spotting.) Half calf antique. Provenance: Benjamin Hatley Foote (armorial bookplate).

FIRST EDITION of Coxe's journeys through Northern and Eastern Europe while serving as tutor to a young English nobleman. Written in epistolary form, it offers detailed observations of the regions visited, with particular emphasis on Russia under Catherine the Great and the declining Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Allibone 442; Brunet II, 400; Cox I, 185; Cross D28; Ebert 5395; Lowndes 543; Mill 111; Nerhood 104.