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35 - [FIRST EMPIRE]. MEMOIRS OF PRINCE TALLEYRAND.
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[FIRST EMPIRE]. MEMOIRS OF PRINCE TALLEYRAND. Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1891–92. Five volumes, in-8 ½, in havana-coloured shagreen, spined with raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, gilt title (contemporary binding). FIRST EDITION of these famous memoirs. 5 PORTRAITS as frontispieces in each volume and 2 facsimiles of autographs. ¶ Tulard, 1396. ENCLOSED: SALLÉ (Alexandre). THE POLITICAL LIFE OF CHARLES-MAURICE, PRINCE OF TALLEYRAND. P., Hivert, 1834. 8½ in. mastic calf, smooth spine divided into compartments and decorated with embossed fleurons and a broad gilt palette, gilt title, marbled edges (contemporary binding). Slight water-stain at the end of the volume, foxing, small loss of leather at one joint. FIRST EDITION of this rare biography. SET OF 2 VOLUMES.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS
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