Author: Morris Birkbeck
Title: Notes on a Journey Through France, from Dieppe Through Paris and Lyons, to the Pyrennees, and Back Through Toulouse, in July, August and September, 1814, Describing the Habits of the People, and the Agriculture of the Country
Description: London, Printed and Sold by William Phillips, 1815. Cloth. A very scarce work of travel writing by Morris Birkbeck discussing the agriculture of France in the nineteenth century. Fourth edition, with an appendix. Rebound in a full cloth binding, with new endpapers. With the bookplate of Dundee Public Libraries to the front pastedown. A work of travel writing from the early 19th century, charting the author's three month journey from Dieppe, to Paris, to Lyon, the Pyrennees and Toulouse. In this work Morris Birkbeck, discusses the people and agricultural practises of these French regions. Morris Birkbeck was a a writer and agricultural innovator of the 18th and 19th centuries. He later established a settlement in the United States, and became the Secretary of State of Illinois. A very scarce work of agricultural history. Rebound, in a full cloth binding. Externally excellent with minor shelfwear. With a library blindstamp to the front board, and library bookplate to the front pastedown. Tape repairs to the front and rear hinges. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age toned throughout, with occasional handling marks. The occasional library stamp throughout with light creases to the several pages. The overall condition is impacted by the internal condition of the work. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: France Morris Birkbeck Fourth Edition Morris Birkbeck None


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