Parisian sights and French principles, seen through American spectacles
[JARVES, James Jackson]
From Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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From Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 15 July 2015
About this Item
[6], viii, 245pp, [3]. With two preliminary publishers advertisement leaves, another terminal leaf of same, a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, four engraved plates, and numerous illustrations in the text. Partially unopened in original publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt. Extremities a trifle rubbed with some loss and tearing to head and foot of spine. Armorial bookplate of Reginald Arthur Tatton to FEP. First printed by Harper & Bros. in New York in 1852, Parisian Sights, a copiously illustrated travelogue on the French capital and the mannerisms of her people, is most commonly attributed to James Jackson Jarves (1818-1888), a newspaper editor considered to be the first American art collector to purchase Old Masters and Italian primitives. COPAC records only five copies of this first London edition; Aberdeen, Birmingham, BL, Durham, and NLS. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # AQ13374
Bibliographic Details
Title: Parisian sights and French principles, seen ...
Publisher: Clarke, Beeton, & Co., London
Publication Date: 1853
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First London edition.
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