Shelfmark
Lu.3.18
Main entry--uniform title
Letters from France
Title
Manners & customs of the French : fac-simile of the scarce 1815 edition, with ten whole-page amusing and prettily tinted illustrations printed from the original copper plates (copper plates now destroyed).
Publication, distribution, etc.
London ; New York : The Leadenhall Press, Ltd., 50, Leadenhall Street, E.C. ; Henry Sotheran & Co., 140, Strand and 37, Piccadilly, W. ; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd ; Charles Scribner's Sons, 743 & 745 Broadway, 1893.
Physical description
[6], iv, 44, 16p, [10] leaves of plates : col. ill. (copper-engravings) ; 23cm.
Note
1815 publication entitled "Letters from France".
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Edited by Henry Sotheran.
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Author possibly Benjamin Rotch.
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Printed by the Leadenhall Press.
Note
Includes final eight advertisement leaves.
Note
Publisher's natural buckram half-binding with blue paper boards and printed title labels on spine and front board.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library recording donation with ms. inscription: "April 1898, Major W. J. Myers".
Copy-specific note
No 55 of 250 copies with unidentified signature.
Copy-specific note
Previous library stamp and ms. shelfmarks in pencil and ink.
Subject
France Social life and customs.
Added entry--name
Myers, William Joseph, 1858 - 1899 former owner.
Added entry--name
Rotch, Benjamin attributed name.
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Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B25027