first edition Navy blue cloth stamped decoratively in gilt and various colors with gilt spine. All edges gilt.
[1853] · Paris:
by Drowhojowska, [Antoinette Josephine].
Paris: Librairie de L'Enfance et de la Jeunesse, [1853] First edition. Navy blue cloth stamped decoratively in gilt and various colors with gilt spine. All edges gilt. . Large octavo. Tinted lithographic frontispiece; eighteen tinted lithographic plates by [Jean-Baptiste] David. Binding extremities slightly rubbed. Minor bump to rear board. Light foxing. A fine, bright copy in publisher's decorative cloth binding. Antoinette Josephine Françoise Anne Symon de Latreiche (1822-1890) was a writer of various "morality" books, including the present work. Fleurs de L'Histoire is a collection of historical stories intended for a juvenile audience. Most of the stories are set in France during the Middle Ages.
(Inventory #: 17468)