A French Alphabet Book of 1814
A French Alphabet Book of 1814
$24.95
Plante, Charles
Cl. New York, 2007
Book ID: 74403
This charming primer on the alphabet captures the essence of everyday life among the French aristocracy in 1814 in a uniquely detailed series of watercolor drawings made as an alphabet book for a young French aristocrat by his uncle. The pages are full of amusing puns and now obscured meanings-the French captions translated into the English of the period-preserving a life of enchantment and privilege which has long since vanished.
114 pp., illus.