Manners & Customs of the French. Fac-simile of the scarce 1815 edition. With ten whole-page amusing and prettily tinted illustrations printed from the original copper plates (copper plates now destroyed).

  • Contemporary full red straight-grain morocco binding. Gilt-decorated spine, gilt borders on covers, gilt turn-ins, marbled edges
  • London:: The Leadenhall Press,, 1893
By [Sotheran, Thomas]

London: The Leadenhall Press, 1893 One of 250 copies. Contemporary full red straight-grain morocco binding. Gilt-decorated spine, gilt borders on covers, gilt turn-ins, marbled edges. All edges gilt. Octavo. Ten hand-colored plates, plus facsimile of the 1815 title-page, entitled Letters from France Written by a Modern Tourist. Foreword by Henry Sotheran, bookseller and son of the author. A very attractive copy.

Details

Title

Manners & Customs of the French. Fac-simile of the scarce 1815 edition. With ten whole-page amusing and prettily tinted illustrations printed from the original copper plates (copper plates now destroyed).

Author

[Sotheran, Thomas]

Binding

Contemporary full red straight-grain morocco binding. Gilt-decorated spine, gilt borders on covers, gilt turn-ins, marbled edges

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

The Leadenhall Press,: London:

Date

1893

Edition

One of 250 copies

Size

Octavo

Pages

iv, 43 pp.


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