Thomas Brown, the Younger — Rhymes on the Road, Fables, Etc.

Paris , A. and W. Galignani, 1823. First edition. Leather. The vanishingly scarce first French edition of this poetical collection from Thomas Brown, the Younger. The first French edition of these rhymes published by A. and W. Galignani. In the original English text.  Bound in half calf with marbled boards. From Thomas Brown, the Younger. Remembered now mainly for his witty political satires, Brown also wrote three stage plays, including The Dispensary (1697), and a large number of essays. Includes verses stated to be "extracted from the journal of a travelling member of the Pococurante Society, 1819". Bearing the bookplate of Maurice Benedict de Worms (1805-1867) an Austrian plantation owner and grandson of Mayer Amschel Rothschild, the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty. Together with his brother Gabriel, he travelled to Ceylon in 1841 and purchased a plantation there. It came to be known as the Rothschild Estate. Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Externally, smart, with rubbing to the extremities and scuffing to the boards. Bookplate of one Maurice B. Worms to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with scattered spots throughout, heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .