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Livres anciens et modernes

Deland, Margaret

Florida Days

1889

162,62 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1889
Lieu d'édition
Boston. Little, Brown, and Company
Auteur
Deland, Margaret
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - North America Americana
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [22 x 16 cm]; xviii, [19] - 200 pp, 4 colored plates (chromolithographs) including frontis, 2 fine etched plates, tissue guards, other plates from drwgs, numerous other illus, title page vignette. original two-part pictorial cloth with gilt title lettering on cover and spine, top edge gilted, cover bit faded, light shelf wear, engraved bookplate of Charles L. Hutchins on endpaper, interior clean and fine in vg cover. A picture of this book is avail Clark, New South 302. Bennett p. 32, citing a 1899 edition: '4 lovely full page plates of Florida scenes in bright colors'. The author describes the first town in Florida at St. Augustine and the country along the St. Johns River, the woods, swamps, and the people. The fine illustrations by Louis K. Harlow evoke the place as it was before the massive development and commercialization.