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Pictures of the French: A Series of Literary and Graphic Delinations of French Character
Author(s): Janin, Jules; Balzac; Cormenin; etc
Illustrator(s): Gavarni; Monnier, H; Meissonier
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | N/A |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Thomas Tegg |
| Publication Year: | 1841 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 002619 |
| Catalogue(s): | Culture and Society ◇ Rare and Antiquarian Books |
Re-issue. 200pp, with nearly 100 engravings, some full page. Half-bound in leather over marbled boards, with blind tooled decorations and gilt lettering to spine (heavily rubbed at edges, minor leather loss at spine ends, and chipped on verso corners. Scuffed and worn. Internally neat and clean barring a few fingering marks on pages and strained gutters between endpapers. Tight, square and firmly bound. An enchanting volume depicting mid-19th century ideas of the French national stereotype, in pen portraits and illustrations, made all the more amusing (and telling) as it draws on the works of French authors and illustrators. Handsome, amusing, insightful.
Keywords:
France
French History
National Identity
19th Century France
The 19th Century
