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AINSWORTH, W. Harrison. Rookwood, a romance.

Paris. Baudry's European Library, 1836.
8vo. [5], viii-xvii, [1], 344pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled half-calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine sunned. Early inked ownership inscription to FEP, small ink-stain to p.301, scattered spotting.
From the fourth London edition of William Harrison Ainsworth's (1805-1882) gothic romance novel, first published in 1834. Published in Paris, this edition formed part of ‘Baudry’s Foreign Library’, a line of foreign language books published in France by bookseller Louis-Claude Baudry that achieved success pre-Tauchnitz.
£ 75.00 Antiquates Ref: 32974