French Authors at Home : Episodes in the Lives and Works of Balzac, Madame de Girardin, George Sand, Lamartine, Léon Gozlan, Lamennais, Victor Hugo, etc [complete in 2 volumes]

Challice, Annie Emma (1821-1875)

London : L. Booth, 1864. First Edition. Very good copies both in the original patterned cloth boards, with an armourial motif gilt-blocked to the front. Spines similarly gilt-blocked and now uniformly sun-toned. Covers slightly rubbed at the corners and endbands; front hinge vol. 2 weak. Minor early 20th century ownership marks to the prelims. Edges and prelims lightly foxed, with the interiors remaining otherwise tight, bright and clean. A well-preserved set overall. Item #470472

Physical description; complete in 2 volumes ; 19 cm. Notes; "By the author of 'Heroes, Philosophers, and Courtiers of the Times of Louis XVI,' etc." Subjects; Authors, French – 19th century – Biography. French literature – 19th century – History and criticism. 19th century. Biography. Literary criticism.

Price: €160.00