A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany: With Anecdotes Relating to Some Eminent Characters (Four Volume Set) homesexual originally from Sheffield

originally from Sheffield

depicting a spaceman in full space suit standing in front of his craft with two boys who appear to have come across him while out hiking

first printings

Classic beat

A printed notice at the front

A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany: With Anecdotes Relating to Some Eminent Characters (Four Volume Set) homesexual originally from SheffieldLondon : W. Strahan and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1779; 1781. Second edition. The first two volumes were published in 1779, vols 3 and 4 published 1781. 8vo. xvi, 451; xv, 440; xv, 518, (11); xii, 502, (8) pp. Uniformly bound in full calf with titles and volume numbers inked on to spine with a neat hand. Section of p55 56 torn out with minor loss of text. Hinges tender, esp. on vol. 3, spines rubbed and worn at foot of vol 3. Ownership name of "John