Price: £375
Subject: Antiquarian
Published Date: 1817-1818
Stock Number: 75218
Malo (Charles, Editor)
Panorama d'Angleterre,
ou Ephemerides Anglaises, politiques et litteraires [...]
Description: FIRST EDITION, vol. 1 with engraved portrait frontispiece of Sarah Siddons, 3 plates (2 music, 1 folding); vol. 2 with 2 folding plates; vol. 1 half title with a shelfmark in blue crayon, both volumes uniformly a little toned, some light soiling and offsetting; pp. [2], 332; [2], 600, 8vo.; original pink printed paper wrappers preserved within full contemporary tree calf, rebacked, original backstrip, gilt tooled with red label, blue sprinkled edges; bookseller's printed paper label (Gambier, Brussels) appearing several times (sometimes across the text), ex-library copy with the occasional blue or orange stamp.Publication Details: Paris: [De L'Imprimerie de Richomme]; Bureau de Panorama; 1817-1818
Notes: An attractive, amusing and extensive work of (gentle) French satire against the English, published in 25 short issues. The work is widely observant of English traits and social activities; football, parliament, the theatre, dancing, the monarchy, the principal aristocracy and court customs are all covered. The hand-coloured plates are particularly well done; they send up English customs, fashion and manners, and poke scatalogical fun at the military.
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