Episodes of French History during the Consulate and the First Empire
by Pardoe, Miss Julia
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1859 Hard cover, 8vo., in publisher's brown stamped cloth with title in gilt to spine. 361 pp. plus 3 pp. adverts. In English. Small inscription in old ink to ffep. This is a scarce to market title, penned near the end of the career of this popular historian. Author Julia Pardoe (1806-1862) is well known for her books on the French court in the 16th and 17th centuries. Here, she chronicles the stormy relations between the Empress Josephine and Napoleon, conveyed with no small amount of melodrama. Condition: Very Good. Sutherland, p 488.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8317
- Title
- Episodes of French History during the Consulate and the First Empire
- Author
- Pardoe, Miss Julia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1859
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...