Evenings in the South of France

Description

12mo., brown stippled cloth, gilt spine title, blind ruled borders. 15.5x10x1.5 cm. American Sunday-School Union. Philadelphia. 1849. 155 pp. 7 engraved full-page plates. Good condition, spine head pulled, light edgewear, light marginal dampstain to preliminaries and rear endpaper. The author was the first wife of Francois Guizot (French statesman, orator and historian), who collaborated with her husband on his works. She is also a well-known author and historian in her own right. Great copy for the collector of women authors. weight: 0.4.