Author: THE HON. CAPTAIN BINGHAM
Title: Journal of the Siege of Paris
Description: London, Smith, Elder and Co. 1871. Hard Cover . Octavo, dark red cloth, gilt title at spine, otherwise decorated and lettered in black, folding map fronts. 358pp. untrimmed. Paper label of booksellers Cawthorn & Hutt pasted-down at front board; a little wear at spine edges, spine and board faded/dulled/soiled, prelims. and final leaves foxed (map only slightly affected), text leaves with much less foxing, and then marginal. Admittedly not handsome, but slightly better than a working copy only, with half-title, original endpapers. Armorial bookplate of Charles Arthur Wynne Finch.

Keywords: Military Memoirs Franco-Prussian War France French History Capt. Nineteenth Century Observers Diaries Diary Antiquarian


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