Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps,

£575 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

The inscription on the half title reads “Mr. Serjeant Manning(?) with the author’s kind regards”. Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, the noted author and Judge, was created serjeant-at-law in 1830, whilst his friend James Manning for whom this book appears to have been a gift, reached this position in the year preceding the publication of this work.

• Year: 1841

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