A French Alphabet Book of 1814
by Plante Charles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0847830101
- ISBN 13
- 9780847830107
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Rizzoli, 2007. A French Alphabet Book of 1814 by Charles Plante for Alfred Bourdier de Beauregard created by his uncle Arnaud at the Chateau de Beaumont de Beauregard In French and English Horizontal 8vo size navy blue clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; cover had bright gilt titles and decoration under jacket; unpaginated on heavyweight glossy stock - about 102 pages. Illustrated endpapers. From jacket: "This uniquely detailed series of watercolour drawings was made in 1814 as a primer or alphabet book for the two-year-old Alfred, by his uncle Arnaud. It brings alive the education and everyday life of a young French aristocrat after the Revolution... The drawings ... give fascinating views of the family chateau and its surrounds, its interior with elegant furnishings, the private chapel... the boy's clothing, occupations and pastimes are all minutely depicted." Light wear to jacket. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007199
- Title
- A French Alphabet Book of 1814
- Author
- Plante Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0847830101
- ISBN 13
- 9780847830107
- Publisher
- Rizzoli
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- France; French; Aristocracy; Alphabet; Illustrated; Primer
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Foreign Language;
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