Gustave de BEAUMONT
L'Irlande sociale, politique et religieuse
Librairie de Charles Gosselin|Paris 1839|13 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition with a false statement of third edition.
Twentieth-century binding, skillful pastiche of a contemporary binding in half green calf. Spine with raised bands decorated with 3 blind-tooled fleurons, with roulettes on the bands, at tail and head. Black calf title and volume labels. Covers and spine preserved. Very fresh paper. Some soiling on the cover of the second volume.
Very handsome copy, in superb condition.
Important monograph on Ireland in 1830, from social, economic and religious perspectives. Gustave de Beaumont stayed for 2 years in Ireland in the company of his friend Alexis de Tocqueville, whose ideas and spirit he shared. He was then shocked and astound
Twentieth-century binding, skillful pastiche of a contemporary binding in half green calf. Spine with raised bands decorated with 3 blind-tooled fleurons, with roulettes on the bands, at tail and head. Black calf title and volume labels. Covers and spine preserved. Very fresh paper. Some soiling on the cover of the second volume.
Very handsome copy, in superb condition.
Important monograph on Ireland in 1830, from social, economic and religious perspectives. Gustave de Beaumont stayed for 2 years in Ireland in the company of his friend Alexis de Tocqueville, whose ideas and spirit he shared. He was then shocked and astound
€500