Emilie Jackson Translator (3 results)

Hard cover. xii, 174 p. : col. ill.; 30 cm. Includes Illustrations. Limited ed. no. 1415 of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator, Sylvain Sauvage, whose watercolors grace its pages. Blue pictorial cover is badly faded on the spine. Some foxing on first few pages. No slipcase. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by illustrator. Sauvage, Sylvain (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 212 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A smart copy of the first translated edition of this historical study on Paris, inscribed by the translator to the half title. First translated edition. Inscribed by the translator to the half title, with an inscription that reads: "with love from the translator, Christmas 1929." The Broadway Library of XVIII Century French Literature. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates. Collated complete. A detailed history of Paris, with various observations of the city both before and after the Revolution. Containing chapters on subjects such as: wig-makers, pastry-cooks, portrait painters, animals, fraternity, medicine, and more. Written by Louis Sebastien Mercier, a French dramatist and writer. Translated by Wilfrid Jackson, an English barrister and author, and his wife Emilie Jackson, an English translator. With the publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light fading to the spine and board edges. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. With the translator's ink inscription to the half title. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). signed by author. book.…