Mme La Comtesse De Segur. Memoires D’Une Ane. Illustres de 75 Vigenttes Par H. Castelli. Nouvelle Edition. Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1888. 17 x 11 cm. 378 pages plus 16 pages of publishers list. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original red cloth with gilt and blind decorations to front board and spine. All edges gilt. Coloured end papers. Very good condition. Boards, corners and spine rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Mild foxing internally. Binding a little weak. Short inscription on half title page dated 14 Avril 1993. Stamp on opposite page: ‘Alan F. Brooke Pau’.

Provenance: From the Library of Sir Alan Francis Brooke, Field Marshal Alanbrooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke.

Alan Francis Brooke was born 23 July 1883 in France to Victor Brooke and Alice Brooke, nee Bellingham. He spent the first 16 years of his life (until 1899) in France and received his early education in French, in Pau.

• Keywords: Children’s Books · Children’s Illustrated Books · Children’s Literature · Classical & Old Literature
• Language: French
• Inventory Number: 101398AB

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