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ARTCURIAL - Toulouse Jean Louis Vedovato - Me Jean-Louis Vedovato
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[BRIENNE]. UNPUBLISHED MEMOIRS OF LOUIS-HENRI DE LOMÉNIE, Co…
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[BRIENNE]. UNPUBLISHED MEMOIRS OF LOUIS-HENRI DE LOMÉNIE, Co…
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Estimate €40 - €60
Voluntary lot
Description
[BRIENNE]. UNPUBLISHED MEMOIRS OF LOUIS-HENRI DE LOMÉNIE, Count of Brienne, Secretary of State under Louis XIV. Paris, Ponthieu [&] Leipzig, Ponthieu, Michelsen & Co., 1828. Two volumes bound together as a single in-8 ½ volume in havana calfskin, spine with flat raised bands threaded in gold, gilt scrolls and fleurons, title label in black calfskin, marbled edges (contemporary binding). Tears and small areas of leather missing from the upper cap, the stitching on the inner hinge of the front cover partly severed, light foxing. FIRST EDITION of these rare memoirs published from the author’s autograph manuscripts, including a substantial ‘Essay on the Customs and Practices of the 17th Century’ (pp. 1–84), by F. Barrière, editor of Madame Campan’s ‘Mémoires’ – BONALD (Vicomte de). ON OPPOSITION IN GOVERNMENT and On Freedom of the Press. P., Adrien le Clere, 1827. In-8 ½ brick-red sheepskin, smooth spine decorated with embossed fleurons, black calfskin title labels, speckled edges (contemporary binding). Spine colour faded. FIRST EDITION. From the ‘Bibliothèque de La Bourelie’, with a gilt inscription at the bottom of the spine. SET OF 2 VOLUMES.
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