Discours de cloture des travaux du congrès de l'Institut Historique, prononcé le 11 octobre 1840 par le Baron Taylor

TAYLOR, ISIDORE JUSTIN SEVERIN, Baron

Published by Firmin Didot Frères, Paris, 1840

About this Item

First edition, thin 8vo, pp. [4], 88; handsomely bound in full black morocco stamped in gilt by the French binder Hippolite Duru, with a central crown and monogram (indecipherable to this cataloguer) surrounded by a restrained romantic style border on covers, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, titled in gilt in one and richly decorated in gilt in the others, t.e.g; a little wear to extremities with lower front forecorner revealed, 1/4-inch scrape on front cover repaired, and the front joint cracking but still firm; front and back matter a little foxed, only minor spots of foxing scattered throughout the rest of the text; an attractive copy overall, with the armorial bookplate of William Standish Standish (High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1846) mounted to the front pastedown. Duru has signed the binding with a small stamp on the front flyleaf verso: "H. Duru." Baron Taylor (1789-1879), a French writer, book collector, translator, traveler, and royal administrator of the Thé tre Français, "is best known for his Voyages pittoresques et romantiques de l'ancienne France (1820-63)" (Webster's New Biographical Dictionary, p. 974). This title not located in OCLC or NUC. Seller Inventory # 23240

Bibliographic Details

Title: Discours de cloture des travaux du congrès ...

Publisher: Firmin Didot Frères, Paris

Publication Date: 1840

Edition: 1st Edition