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An Attic Philosopher in Paris: Or, A Peep at the World from a Garret. Being The Journal of a Happy Man. ; The Leipsic Campaign, in Two Parts (Part I). ; Schamyl: The Sultan, Warrior, and Prophet of The Caucasus
by Souvestre, Emile; Greig, G.R.; Wraxall, Lascelles
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Three books bound as one. An Attic Philosopher (1853): viii, 144 p.p. The Leipsic Campaign (1852): viii, 128 p.p. Schamyl (1854): vii, 144 p.p. Includes appendix. Half-bound in brown morocco with marbled paper boards. Light wear to spine ends, corners, and edges of boards. Chafing to paper boards. Gilt titling to spine. Marbled edges. Some foxing and staining throughout, a few annotations, a few tears to pages at tail edge and creased corners. Ink ownership inscription and stamps to title pages. Damp stain to rear hinge. Binding tight and square. Souvestre was a minor French novelist of the 1830s, in whom, according to Saintsbury, "the moral heresy, of which he was supposed to be a secretary, certainly did not corrupt the tale-telling gift". This work, published in France as "Un Philosophe sous les Toits", was one of his best, giving amongst much else, a lively description of Paris at the time. The author calls this his "calendar of his impressions" because it is a month by month setting-down of his observations of the Paris around him which he witnesses from the security of his apartment. The Leipsic Campaign deals with German military history in the early nineteenth century. "Schamyl" has been translated from the original German of Dr. F. Wagner and F. Bodenstedt, and deals with the history of the Caucasus.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002650
- Title
- An Attic Philosopher in Paris: Or, A Peep at the World from a Garret. Being The Journal of a Happy Man. ; The Leipsic Campaign, in Two Parts (Part I). ; Schamyl: The Sultan, Warrior, and Prophet of The Caucasus
- Author
- Souvestre, Emile; Greig, G.R.; Wraxall, Lascelles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Emile Souvestre, G.R. Greig, Lascelles Wraxall, Philosophy, Paris, Caucasus, Leipsig, Leipsic Campaign, War, Military History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy; History; Military History;
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