Search Results: Madame Mohl by Kathleen O'meara

Roberts Brothers, 1886. Hardcover. Acceptable. .

Boston: Roberts Brothers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1886. Second Printing. Hardcover. Light blue blindstamped cloth with bright gilt lettering on cover and spine; bright gilt top edges of pages; grey endpapers. 317 pages, frontispiece, illustrations. Minimal marks, Bangor Seminary Library (printed label inside front cover, small printed sticker on spine) ; ink owner's signature on first blank page; spine a bit shaky; otherwise unmarked, clean, sound, attractive copy; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1886. Hardcover. Good+. 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good+. Roberts Brothers, Boston, MA 1886. 317 pages. Tan cloth. Moderate general wear. Spine ends worn. Size: 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Travel::Antique Biography 6403 6403

Boston: Roberts Brothers. Very Good. 1886. Hardcover. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. Ex-lib, usual markings, spine ends are rubbed, covers soiled, slight toning to contents, a Good copy. .

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. First American edition. 12mo. A study of the intellectual and political social life in Paris in the mid-nineteenth century. Green silk binding, gold titles, top edge gilt. 317 pp., frontispiece portrait of Madame Mohl. Purchased directly from the historical collection of one of the USA's oldest libraries and bearing its antique hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate (no library pocket). Slight skew to boards, very nice condition overall..

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Madame Mohl:Her salon and her friends. A study of social life in Paris.

Bsn: Roberts, 1886. First edn. 8vo, Pp.317. Little external wear, a good tight copy. Mohl (1793-1883) was the wife of German Orientalist Julius Von Mohl.Her home in Paris was one of the great intellectual centers for 40 years. Her friends included a number of English men and women.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

A handsome first edition of Irish writer Kathleen O'Meara's well-known biography of Englishwoman Madame Mary Mohl, (1793-1883) who presided over one of the principal salons of 19th Century Paris. Born Mary Clarke in London in 1793 (and known as "Clarkey), she left England for France at the age of eight and became one of the principal salonnières of the era, eventually taking over from her friend Madame Récamier, and creating an intellectual center which survived through three revolutions. Her gatherings included Victor Hugo, de Tocqueville,Stendahl, Delacroix, and other luminaries. But she never lost touch with her native land and entertained Robert Browning, George Eliot Mrs. Gaskell, and others. In 1847 she married the orientalist Julius Mohl. She was a close friend of Florence Nightingale, and reputedly encouraged and influenced her to apply herself to nursing.
The granddaughter of Napoleon's physician, O'Meara (1839-1888) grew up in France and was the Paris correspondent for The Tablet.… Read More