A Summer in Western France - T. Adolphus Trollope

Author : T. Adolphus Trollope, Esq. B.A Editor: Frances Trollope (his mother) Illustrator: J. Leech (engraved by A. Hervieu)

·Edition: First, both Volumes 1841 published by Henry Colburn, Great Marlborough Street, London. Printed by F Shoberl jun, London.

·Physical Description: 23cm x15cm, 8ov

·Vol. I: i-x + 1- 406 pp + [1] + 4 illustrations

·Vol. II: i-x + 1- 428 pp + 5 illustrations

·Binding: Original dark brown cloth. All Hinges are weak, title page and one page of contents in VOL 1 loose.

·Condition: Title page somewhat faded (strangely light printing originally), significant  foxing to plates, some pencil marks to contents in both volumes, otherwise very clean interior with no loss . (see illustrations for issues with plates)

·Description: A Summer in Western France offers a vivid, humorous, and affectionate account of a journey through the French provinces by Thomas Adolphus Trollope, under the editorial guidance of his mother, the more widely known Frances Trollope. Though not as scathing or politically charged as Frances’s own travel works, this narrative blends the observational sharpness of the Trollope literary family with a lighter, anecdotal style.

·Significance: This work serves both as a valuable cultural document and as a literary artifact from the Trollope family, predating the fame of Anthony Trollope, Thomas's younger brother.