Stoddard's Lectures, 15 volumes, 1925/1898, HB, great travel accounts

Description: John L. Stoddard's Lectures. 15 HB volumes, published in 1925 in Chicago by Geo. L. Shuman & Co. Original copyright is 1898. 1st edition, although not so stated. Spine title: Stoddard's Lectures. These are so popular that they're still being reprinted in the 21st century. Stoddard "began traveling around the world in 1874 and published Red-Letter Days Abroad in 1884. He turned his experiences into a series of popular lectures delivered throughout North America. These lectures were periodically published in book form as John L. Stoddard's Lectures and eventually numbered 10 volumes and five supplements (1897–1898). ... The books include numerous illustrations derived from the immense catalog of photographs taken by Stoddard, and cover every subject, from art and architecture, to archaeology and natural history. The books were immensely popular in their day and many copies still survive." -- Wikipedia. 15 volume set with handsome red covers with embossed gilt coats of arms. Extravagantly illustrated with many color plates and at least one illustration on almost every page. Volume I: Norway, Switzerland, Athens, Venice; Volume II: Constantinople, Jerusalem, Egypt; Volume III: Japan, China; Volume IV: India, Passion Play; Volume V: Paris, La Belle France, Spain; Volume VI: Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Moscow; Volume VII: The Rhine, Belgium, Holland, Mexico; Volume VIII: Florence, Naples, Rome; Volume IX: Scotland, England, London; Volume X: California, Grand Cañon, Yellowstone Park; Volume XI: Ireland, Denmark, Sweden; Volume XII: Canada, Malta, Gibraltar; Volume XIII: South Tyr l, Around Lake Garda, The Dolomites; Volume XIV: Sicily, Genoa, A Drive Through the Engadine; Volume XV: Lake Como, The Upper Danube, Bohemia. Measures 23 cm. ab

Price: 25 USD

Location: Pisgah Forest, North Carolina

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