Author: Hubert E. H. Jerningham
Title: Life in a French Chateau
Description: London, Hurst and Blackett, 1867. First edition. Leather. A leatherbound first edition of this illustrated account of life in a French chateau from British politician Hubert E. H. Jerningham. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, title vignette, and numerous in-text images. The author's own account of his time spent in a French chateau during the 1860s, being a sketch of the daily ways and manners of the French people. With reference to the Seine, Notre Dame, Rouen, old and new France, historical recollections, the clergy, a ball, and much more. Written by Sir Hubert Edward Henry Jerningham, a British Liberal Party politician and Governor of Mauritius, then Governor of Trinidad and Tobago. Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards with minor loss to the spine and board tips. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Life French Chateau Jerningham French Not Stated


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