[Turquet, Suzanne].

Suite Du Récit d’Une Petite Fille de Quatorze Ans, Réfugée Française Pendant La Guerre.

Première Edition Originale. Angers, Chez E. Barasse, 1872. Small Octavo. 254 pages. Hardcover / Original 19th century half-leather with gilt lettering on spine. Binding slightly rubbed but overall in very good condition with some signs of external wear. Few pages with some markings. From the library of the Meade – Family in Ballymartle (near Kinsale in West Cork, Ireland) / Signed by Elizabeth Meade.

Extremely rare original first edition of the story of a 14-year-old french refugee girl which spent time abroad during the 1872 – war. Among the places she visited on her journey was Youghal (East Cork, Ireland), Mitchelstown, Killarney, Inisfallen, and the book also includes a “Legende du dernier des O’Donoghues”. One chapter is called: “L’Irlande est -elle un jardin ou un desert ?

• Keywords: Catalogue Ten – International Literature · Catalogue Three – Literature by Women · French History Rare · French Literature · French Literature – Rare · Irish History – Rare · Travel Ireland – Rare · Women in History – Rare · Women in Literature · Women in Travel
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 31410AB

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