Parisian Sights And French Principles Seen Through American Spectacles
by (Jarvis, James Jackson)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Duodecimo; pp. 264; Numerous black and white text illustrations and a full page initial plate and an illustrtated title page; brown cloth, stamped in blind, gilt spine lettering, yellow coated endpapers; spine faded, werar at spine ends;. James Jackson Jarves (1818-1888) was an American newspaper editor, and art critic who is remembered above all as the first American art collector to buy Italian primitives and Old Masters.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15237
- Title
- Parisian Sights And French Principles Seen Through American Spectacles
- Author
- (Jarvis, James Jackson)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1852
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About the Seller
Austin's Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.
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