THE MARITIME ALPS AND THEIR SEABOARD. By the Author of 'Vera,' Blue Roses., etc. With Illustrations.

[DEMPSTER, CHARLOTTE].

Verlag: Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1885

Beschreibung

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 6.5 x 9.25 inches. [2] pp. publisher's advertisements + x + 384 pp. Title page in red and black. Bound in original pictorial blue cloth, gilt. Extremities worn, base of spine chipped and foxing confined to front ant rear; otherwise a very good copy. Label of Fotheringham's English Library 59. rue d'Antibes, Cannes on front pastedown and of T. B. Mills, Bookseller, 2 Palace Street, Buckingham Gate, S.W. on rear pastedown Illustrated by 14 wood engraved plates, including frontispiece and by 15 wood engravings in text. An attractive illustrated survey of the French Maritime Alps of Provence which examines the economy, topography and history. It includes chapters on Grasse, vence, St. Honorat, Nice, St. Paul-du-Var, Monaco, Cannes and Mentone in addition to Jeanne de Provence, Queen of Naples, two French admirals and Napoleon at Cannes. The author is known to be Charlotte Louisa Hawkins Dempster (1835-1913), a Scottish novelist and folklore collector. TOPOGRAPHY FRENCH TOPOGRAPHY HISTORY FRENCH 19TH CENTURY TOPOGRAPHY. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 22697

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Titel: THE MARITIME ALPS AND THEIR SEABOARD. By the...

Verlag: Longmans, Green, and Co., London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1885