Paris lions and London tigers / by Harriette Wilson. Reprinted from the edition of 1825 with the original twelve plates, and an introduction by Heywood Hill
1935, 1st Edition in this form. London : Privately printed for the Navarre society [1935]. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Some foxing to prelims and first few pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages; 208 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23cm. "Satire of the English middle class in Paris ... portraits of real people under thin disguises, and ... a mixture of farce and romance in the style of the contemporary novel."--p. 9-10. Subjects: Wilson, Harriette 1786-1846. Courtesans - Great Britain - Biography. Paris (France) - Social life and customs - 19th century. London (England) - Social life and customs - 19th century. Item #224992
Price: €38.00