A Ride Of Eight Hundred Miles In France : Containing A Sketch Of The Face Of The Country, Of Its Rural Economy, Of The Towns And Villages, Of Manufactures And Trade, And Of Such Of The Manners And Customs As Materially Differ From Those Of England : Also, An Account Of The Prices Of Land, House, Fuel, Food, Raiment, Labour, And Other Things, In Different Parts Of The Country : The Design Being To Exhibit A True Picture Of The Present State Of The People Of France : To Which Is Added, A General View Of The Finances Of The Kingdom

Cobbett, James Paul

Published by printed for the author, and published by Charles Clement, N° 183 Fleet Street., 1824

About this Item

Original printers boards, G. 201+9pp, upper part of the title expertly replaced and page 201-204 supplied in facsimile from another copy, spine replaced to style, boards rubbed at the edges, a fair copy on an uncommon item. Account of a trip made through France in 1823 when the author was 20. The book gives a charming account of the countryside & economy of the places through which the author passes. James Paul Cobbett [ 1803 - 1881 ]. 225 grams. Seller Inventory # 39509

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Ride Of Eight Hundred Miles In France : ...

Publisher: printed for the author, and published by Charles Clement, N° 183 Fleet Street.

Publication Date: 1824

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st edition.