HAMERTON, Philip Gilbert

Modern Frenchmen: Five Biographies

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1878. First American Edition. 12mo. Cloth boards titled in gilt on front cover and spine; xiv, 422pp. Gift inscription to ffep. Light rubbing to board corners and spine, mild soiling to boards, else a tight, clean, unmarked copy. 2" closed tear to ffep, minor shelf wear to boards. Very Good.

Short biographies of five notable 19th century Frenchmen including:
1. Victor Jacquemont, traveller and naturalist
2. Henri Perreyve, Ecclesiastic and orator
3. François Rude, sculptor
4. Jean Jacques Ampère, historian, archæologist, traveller
5. Henri Regnault, painter and patriot.

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