Old Wine in New Bottles: or, Spare Hours of a Student in Paris 1848

Description: Mid-nineteenth century letters, written in Paris to the Editor of the Newark Daily Advertiser reflecting the author's travels in France "for his improvement in medical science". Covers his observations in French hospitals, the customs and ways of the French people, medical officers in French hospitals, the Hopital la Charite, Versailles, the prisons of Paris, discussion with his medical comrades on various medical topics of the day, the Hopital de la Pitie, the flower markets, and much more. 332 pages plus additional pages of C. S. Francis & Co. publications. Cover has corner wear; cover and spine are quite faded. Foxing on initial and final pages. Minor binding cracks but holding well. Approx 13 cm x 19 cm. From Here to Infinity Gallery operates from an historic 1840's building in beautiful downtown Brockville, Ontario. Purveyor of the unique, the gallery also operates an archive holding thousands of historical negatives and photographic prints as well as an eclectic collection of antiquarian and fine books, ephemera and other interesting paper and historically viable items.

Price: 65 CAD

Location: Brockville, Ontario

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