An Attic Philosopher in Paris or a Peep At The World From A Garret Being The Journal of A Happy Man

Emile Souvestre

Published by D. Appleton And Company, New York, 1890

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D. Appleton And Company 1890; 194 pp. plus publisher's adverts in rear; 8vo; Maroon cloth boards with gilt title to spine; Bumped and rubbed corners and spine ends; Tear to top of spine edge; Brown endpapers; Slightly yellowed pages but clean and in G+ condition. Souvestre was a minor French novelist of the 1830s, in whom, according to Saintsbury, "the moral heresy, of which he was supposed to be a secretary, certainly did not corrupt the tale-telling gift". This work, published in France as "Un Philosophe sous les Toits", was one of his best, giving amongst much else, a lively description of Paris at the time. The author calls this his "calendar of his impressions" because it is a month by month setting-down of his observations of the Paris around him which he witnesses from the security of his apartment. Seller Inventory # 104

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Title: An Attic Philosopher in Paris or a Peep At ...

Publisher: D. Appleton And Company, New York

Publication Date: 1890

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

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