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The first illustrated edition of this scarce French language guide to the university and town of Oxford, a shorter version of which was first published in 1789. With a dedication to the University of Oxford and a Preface dated Oxford, le 10 Octobre, 1804, in which Jung explains his reasons for publishing this guide and for doing so in French.
‘Comme la langue Françoise fait une partie de la bonne education, et qu’il y a fort peu d’etrangers, qui ne la parlent pas, j’ai crû, qu’une description semblable de l’Université d’Oxford ne pourroit pas manquer d’être de grande utilité à ceux, qui souhaitent de la visiter’ (Préface, p. vi).
This is a detailed guide to the university, describing the major buildings, the libraries, the botanical garden and the colleges, with detailed information such as catalogues of paintings in the Ashmolean and of statues, busts and marbles in the Bodleian. There is also a list of the incumbent Masters of the Colleges and Officers of the University. The information on the university itself concludes with specific dates for the four terms: Carême, Pâques, Acte and St. Michael. Following this are brief details about the surrounding attractions and the routes from Dover to Oxford, via London.

An important account of Italy written in a series of one hundred and fifteen letters. A good number of subjects is covered in the course of the letters, from economics, social institutions and local customs to the natural and artistic beauty of Italy. Beginning in the south of France and approaching Italy via Geneva, the author works down the country through Lucca, Pisa, Florence, Rome and Naples. Mercier Dupaty was an academician and magistrate, who was responsible for carrying the enlightened ideas of Voltaire and Beccaria into the courts and reforming the French legal system. This work enjoyed a significant popularity, was frequently reprinted and was translated into English in the same year.