Author: Rev. W. Hughes
Title: A Tour Through Several of the Midland and Western Departments of France, in the Months of June, July, August, and September, 1802. With Remarks on the Manners, Customs, and Agriculture of the Country.
Description: London, J. Cundee for Thomas Ostell, 1803 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with four engraved plates, this is the scarce first edition of the Rev. W. Hughes's account of his tour in France in the summer of 1802. The scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with four engraved plates, including a folding frontispiece. Collated, complete.A charming account of an early nineteenth century tour through France, described by the author as 'a series of memorandums and reflections penned sometimes upon the road; sometimes at the inns upon it [..] tinctured with the lassitude and feeble exhaustion of the weary days on which it was written&apos.With the armorial bookplate of Frank J. Farrell to the front pastedown, and the library blind stamp of the Museum Public Library of Maidstone to the head of the front free endpaper and title page. No further library markings. Ink inscriptions to the title page and front free endpaper, and the odd further inscription throughout.Retaining the original half title.Complete, with each page following page 160 miss numbered, beginning with page 171.With a single leaf of publisher's advertisements to the rear, followed by and eight page index. Rebacked, with calf backed tree calf boards. Retaining the original end papers. Externally, excellent. Hinges starting, with boards holding firm. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Contemporary ink inscriptions to front free endpaper and title page. Blind stamp to front free endpaper and title page. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting throughout, most concentrated to plate perimeters. The odd contemporary ink inscription to margins. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: European tour france french travel frank j farrell france Not Stated
See more books from our catalog: Travel & Exploration
Title: A Tour Through Several of the Midland and Western Departments of France, in the Months of June, July, August, and September, 1802. With Remarks on the Manners, Customs, and Agriculture of the Country.
Description: London, J. Cundee for Thomas Ostell, 1803 . First edition. Leather. Illustrated with four engraved plates, this is the scarce first edition of the Rev. W. Hughes's account of his tour in France in the summer of 1802. The scarce first edition of this work.Illustrated with four engraved plates, including a folding frontispiece. Collated, complete.A charming account of an early nineteenth century tour through France, described by the author as 'a series of memorandums and reflections penned sometimes upon the road; sometimes at the inns upon it [..] tinctured with the lassitude and feeble exhaustion of the weary days on which it was written&apos.With the armorial bookplate of Frank J. Farrell to the front pastedown, and the library blind stamp of the Museum Public Library of Maidstone to the head of the front free endpaper and title page. No further library markings. Ink inscriptions to the title page and front free endpaper, and the odd further inscription throughout.Retaining the original half title.Complete, with each page following page 160 miss numbered, beginning with page 171.With a single leaf of publisher's advertisements to the rear, followed by and eight page index. Rebacked, with calf backed tree calf boards. Retaining the original end papers. Externally, excellent. Hinges starting, with boards holding firm. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Contemporary ink inscriptions to front free endpaper and title page. Blind stamp to front free endpaper and title page. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting throughout, most concentrated to plate perimeters. The odd contemporary ink inscription to margins. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: European tour france french travel frank j farrell france Not Stated
Price: GBP 295.00 = appr. US$ 421.26 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 835F17
- Book number: 835F17
See more books from our catalog: Travel & Exploration