A Visit to Paris in 1814; being a Review of the Moral, Political, Intellectual and Social Condition of the French Capital (Fourth Edition)
by SCOTT, JOHN
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1816. Octavo, leather quarter bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine, raised bands & gilt rule to spine, red speckling to page edges, lxxv + 343pp, VG (moderate cracking & scuffing to leather on spine, 1cm cracks to hinges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light foxing throughout)
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- Title
- A Visit to Paris in 1814; being a Review of the Moral, Political, Intellectual and Social Condition of the French Capital (Fourth Edition)
- Author
- SCOTT, JOHN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1816
- Keywords
- travel exploration France Paris culture history
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- VG
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- Octavo
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