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London: William Heinemann, 1953. Publishers original blue cloth with gilt motif to front cover and gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: clipped, now protected in Brodart. Map endpapers, no inscriptions. 353pp including index, plus 8pp b/w plates. Pages clean and bright in firm binding. At the age of 24 and in the company of the distinguished Earl Marischal, a trusted advisor of Frederick the Great, the irrepressible James Boswell left Holland in 1764 and set forth upon his much anticipated Grand Tour of Europe. This volume is the wonderfully fresh and detailed journal of the exuberant Scot as he samples the dazzling court life in Germany, and relentlessly seeks out two of the greatest men in his day - Rousseau in Switzerland and Voltaire just across the border in France. The Yale Edition of the Private Papers of James Boswell.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.