The reminiscences and recollections of Captain Gronow : being anecdotes of the camp, court, clubs, and society, (1810-1860) / with portrait, four woodcuts, and twenty etched and aquatint illustrations from contemporary sources by Joseph Grego
1889, First Edition. London : J.C. Nimmo. Finely bound in contemporary gilt-blocked calf over buckram boards, with some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Remains preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #240627
Physical description; 2 v. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 27 cm. Notes; "Eight hundred and seventy copies of this edition printed for England and America ...This copy is number 760" -- Half-title page verso of both volumes. In two volumes. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Subjects; Gronow, Rees Howell (1794-1865). Great Britain. Army — Biography. Welsh — England. Europe — History — (1789-1900). London (England) — Social life and customs — 19th century. Paris (France) — Social life and customs — 19th century. Paris (France) — Social life and customs. London (England) — Social life and customs. Great Britain. Europe. Paris — Social life and customs. Nineteenth century. Autobiographies. Genres; Autobiography. Illustrated.
Price: €325.00