The rhine : or, a journey from Utrecht to Francfort; chiefly by the borders of the Rhine, and the passage down the river, from Mentz to Bonn: described in a series of letters, written from Holland, to a Friend in England, in the years 1791 and 1792. In two volumes. By T. Cogan, M. D. Embellished with Twenty-Four Views in Aqua Tinta, and a Map of the Rhine from Mentz to Bonn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cogan, T (Thomas), 1736-1818.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhine River Valley--Description and travel.

Rhine River Valley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2v.,plates ) engr.music,map ;

Other Title:

Rhine

Place of Publication:

London : printed by G. Woodfall, for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1794.

Summary:

This work, composed of "Letters to a Friend, " is the story of a merry archaeological journey. The form is a familar one, but it displays remarkable erudition. It is the chat of a witty savant who takes us from Aix-la-Chapelle to Cologne, and from Mainz to Frankfort, visiting all the monuments, recounting legends of towns, castles and hamlets, allowing himself to wander off into philosophic digressions, to indulge in picturesque recitals filled with incidents and surprises, and interspersed with serious or comic reflections. There are also prophetic pages in this book, and one cannot too much meditate upon some of the affirmations of Victor Hugo.

Notes:

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T114755.

OCLC:

642292940