Auguste-Jean-Baptiste Defauconpret - Londres en 1824 ou...

Auguste-Jean-Baptiste Defauconpret (1767-1843). London in 1824 or A Collection of Letters on the Politics, Literature and Manners of that City During the Year 1824. Paris, Gide, 1825, 358 pp. An octavo volume (205x130 mm), red morocco half-binding, decorated spine, black morocco title label, marbled edges (binding of the period). Beautiful condition of the binding. Damp stamp of the King’s Library at the Palais-Royal on the title page. Interior fresh, without foxing. Original edition In the form of letters, Defauconpret offers a chronicle of London life observed during 1824, blending politics, literature, spectacles, manners, and anecdotes. The text notably discusses parliamentary life, political debates, public figures, theaters and actors, writers and newspapers, as well as various affairs and curiosities of English society.

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