Author: Anatole Le Braz; Frances M Gostling [trans.]
Title: The Land of Pardons
Description: New York, The Macmillan Company , 1906. First edition. Cloth. The first English translation of this book containing a Breton studies by Anatole Le Braz. Breton studies by Anatole Le Braz, Breton poet and folklore collector. He was highly regarded in Europe and America in his time. The first English language edition by Frances M. Gostling.  Containing a study of the popular festivals held during Breton summers. A pardon is a typically Breton type of pilgrimage, one of the most traditional demonstrations of popular Catholicism in Brittany. Illustrated with numerous plates by T. C. Gotch, twelve in colour. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, minor bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to fore edge, affecting only occasional leaf with odd spotting. Pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: T. C. Gotch. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: anatole le braz breton legends illustrated breton legends T. C. Gotch


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