1893 Manners and Customs of the French

Description

Colour Plates, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

A limited edition of 250 copies, of which this is numbered 30.

Signed by the publisher to the limitation page.

Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and nine hand-coloured plates.

Collated, complete.

A charming travel work, taking the form of letters written during the author's tour of the country, undertaken during the first years of the nineteenth century. 

This is an amusing exploration of the country, with anecdotes on the manners and custom of the French. 

With a preface by Henry Sotheran. 

This work is generally attributed to Benjamin Rotch.

Sixteen pages of publisher's adverts to the rear.