Book Description

This is Adolphus Trollope's account of his experiences during a Summer spent in Brittany with detailed topographical & historical recordings as well as the interesting diversions into the folklore & mythology of this fiercely independent region of France. It has been edited by Frances Trollope, celebrated author of 'Domestic Manners of the Americans.'
Author T Adolphus Trollope / edited by Frances Trollope
Date 1840 (First Edition)
Binding Quarto green leather & corners over marbled boards.
Publisher Henry Colburn
Illustrator 4 full page engravings (Vol.1) ; 6 full page engravings (Vol.2) with tissue guards + 2 hand-coloured engravings as frontispieces
Condition G + (Spine of Vol.1 has been professionally repaired & restored to complement Vol.2 ; foxing present on end papers & title pages of both vols.)
Pages 434 + 410

Price: £90.00

Offered by Geoff Cox Books

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