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Thierry, M. Augustin

The Historical Works of M Augustin Thierry containing The Conquest of England by the Normans and Narratives of the Merovingian Era, or Scenes from the Sixth Century

Whittaker and Co's, 1851

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Year of publication
1851
Place of printing
London
Author
Thierry, M. Augustin
Publishers
Whittaker and Co's
Size
9 x 6 inches
Keyword
History, Biography, Britain, France
Cover description
No Jacket
Binding description
Half-Leather
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

Faint pencil note about the author on reverse of front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean very tight copy with rubbed, marbled half-leather boards, marbled end papers and page edges, rubbed ribbed gilt-embossed spine complete and intact and with rubbing to corners. 308 + 180pp. Very extensive account of the Norman Conquest followed by an account of the Merovingian Kings of Northern France who ruled from the 5th century until 751. Autobiographical preface over 13 pages. The final 75 pages contain 27 historical essays on a variety of subjects. Scarce.
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