Taine Hippolyte Adolphe

1874 · ref. 35181 — New York: Henry Holt and Company 1874. First Edition First Issue. 8vo publisher's original dark-green cloth the covers impressed with fleurs de lis in an overall pattern the upper and lower covers blocked with gilt the spine and upper cover lettered and decorated in gilt. vi 349 1 2 ads. pp. A very fine copy essentially pristine and highly elusive in this condition. UNUSUALLY FINE FIRST EDITION. The work includes Taine's perspectives on the coast from Bordeaux to Royan Byonee and Biarritz and then to the Valley of Ossau its landscapes and places the Valley of Luz Luz Saint-Sauveur the Bergonz the Pic du Midi and on to the Bagneres and Luchon and finally to Toulouse. A very pleasing travelogue humbly written and with excellent observation. Henry Holt and Company hardcover