From the series "Neueste Länder- und Völkerkunde: Ein geographisches Lesebuch für alle Stände" Volume Two: France, New Unaltered Edition, illustrated with ‘Charten und Kupfern’ (maps and copperplate engravings). Prague, 1820 This book is an unaltered edition from 1820 depicting the territorial boundaries of the French Empire around 1808, with Belgium and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine and north-eastern Italy belonging to the French Empire. The France map is dated 1808. Contemporary half-leather binding with gilt spine, 643 pp., 1 p. catalogue of engravings. With 20 engravings, including a multi-folded map of France, plans of Paris, Genoa, Turin, plates of national costumes, views of Paris, Toulon, Corfu, and views of the Town Hall in Brussels, Strasbourg Cathedral, and the Hôtel des Invalides. According to the list of copperplate engravings, the views of the Tuileries, the French military and the port of Brest are missing. Not listed in the catalogue but bound in: views of Valence and Compiègne. Size 20 x 12.5 cm Condition Cover scuffed and worn; pages partly somewhat browned and stained, with some water stains. Copperplate engravings partly with tears; two engravings have tears backed with paper