Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pückler-Muskau — Tutti Frutti

London, Bach and Co, 1834. First edition. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce first UK edition of this travel memoir by German nobleman Prince Hermann Puckler-Muskau. The very scarce first UK edition of this work, published the same year as the German first edition.In the original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards.This work, complete in two volumes (bound as one), offers a fascinating memoir of the travels of Prince Hermann Pückler-Muskau, a German nobleman who was renowned for his landscape gardening and travel books, often publishing under his pen name of "Semilasso". His observations throughout his travelogues are animated and witty, expressing judgements and questions about his own people and those residing in the countries he has visited. This particular volume begins by painting a vivid picture of his return from Africa. In the original quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards. Externally, with sunning to the spine label and rubbing and bumping to the extremities. With a small split to the head of the spine's cloth and marks to the boards. Slight cocking to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with light occasional spotting, heaviest to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .