Capitaine Frederick MARRYAT
Oeuvres complètes
Chez Charles Gosselin|à Paris 1838-1841|13 x 21.50 cm|30 tomes en 15 volumes reliés
New French edition translated by A.J.B. Defauconpret.
Half blonde sheep bindings, spine with four raised bands decorated with cold-stamped fillets and fleurons, calf title and volume labels decorated with gilt fillets, some headcaps rubbed, certain joints cracked at head and foot, marbled paper boards and pastedowns, some corners rubbed, speckled edges.
Some foxing.
Frederick Marryat began as a ship's captain in the Royal Navy. Subsequently, he was one of the pioneers of maritime fiction, producing several works that appeared in French from 1837 onwards, most often in collections, as is the case with our copy.
Count Greffulhe's bookplate pasted on each pastedown.
Half blonde sheep bindings, spine with four raised bands decorated with cold-stamped fillets and fleurons, calf title and volume labels decorated with gilt fillets, some headcaps rubbed, certain joints cracked at head and foot, marbled paper boards and pastedowns, some corners rubbed, speckled edges.
Some foxing.
Frederick Marryat began as a ship's captain in the Royal Navy. Subsequently, he was one of the pioneers of maritime fiction, producing several works that appeared in French from 1837 onwards, most often in collections, as is the case with our copy.
Count Greffulhe's bookplate pasted on each pastedown.
€1,000