Skip to content

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MAN IN EXISTENCE: The Scandalous Life of Alexander Lesassier
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MAN IN EXISTENCE: The Scandalous Life of Alexander Lesassier Hardcover - 1999

by Rosner, Lisa

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first

Affable, engaging and self-absorbed, Lesassier was a physician, military surgeon, and novelist, who was also a shameless opportunist, charming scoundrel and seducer. Offering rare insights into Georgian, Regency, and early Victorian Britain, his is the story of a failed man who wanted to be something different and saw himself as entitled to more than he had; someone who can always be guaranteed to make the wrong choice, and then protest that he has done well. 15 illustrations.

Description

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. (1999), 254pp, illus., charcoal cloth, 1st ed., 1st printing, slight rubbing to dj, contents clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.
Used - Very Good
NZ$29.49
NZ$7.98 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 7 to 14 days
More Shipping Options
Ships from Russ States (Pennsylvania, United States)

About Russ States Pennsylvania, United States

Biblio member since 2010
Seller rating: This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

Terms of Sale:

30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.

Browse books from Russ States

Details

  • Title THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MAN IN EXISTENCE: The Scandalous Life of Alexander Lesassier
  • Author Rosner, Lisa
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia
  • Date 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 14-0881
  • ISBN 9780812234862 / 0812234863
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.1 in (23.11 x 15.75 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1800-1850
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Physicians - Great Britain, Great Britain - Social life and customs -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-48567
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Media reviews

Citations

  • Library Journal, 04/15/1999, Page 108
  • Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2000, Page 55

About the author

Lisa Rosner is Professor of History at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. She is the author of Medical Education in the Age of Improvement: Edinburgh Students and Apprentices, 1760-1826.