Book Details
| Author: | de Beaumont, Gustave: |
| Title: | Marie ou L'Esclavage aux ?tats-Unis, Tableau de Moeurs Am?ricaines. |
| Published: | Bruxelles, Louis Hauman et Comp., 1825 & 1835. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 01 - Literature |
| Description: | In French. Par Gustave de Beaumont, L'un des auteurs de l'ouvrage intitul?: Du Systeme P?nitentiaire aux ?tats-Unis. Two Volumes in One. Tome Premier - x, 390 pp; Tome Second - 326 pp. Beaumont's impressions of American life and his stand against slavey written in the form of a novel. Written as a result of his nine-month travels in America in 1831 with Alexis de Tocqueville in order to investigate the American penitentary system. Blue marbled eps. Spots of foxing on prelims and intermittently in text. Internal binding tight. Contemporary dark green half leather with green marbled hard paper boards. Spine label missing. Gilt decoration on spine. Top and bottom of spine and corners rubbed. Some rubbing to edges of boards. Overall condition VG. |
| Book Number: | #4892 |
| Price: | € 500.00 |
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