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[MAISEAU]. [TALLEYRAND].
See original version (French)
57
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[MAISEAU]. [TALLEYRAND].
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
[MAISEAU]. [TALLEYRAND].
A Handbook on Freedom of the Press, or An Analysis of the Legislative Debates on the Three Acts Relating to the Press, Newspapers and Periodicals.
Paris, Pillet Ainé, 1819.
In-12, 324 pp. Contemporary fawn-coloured, full-grain sheepskin, smooth spine decorated with gilt lines and small gilt metalwork (butterflies and hunting horns), a title label of decorated pink paper, gilt title, blind-stamped border on the covers, finely speckled yellow edges (corners worn, slight general rubbing to the binding but a fine copy).
First edition.
A copy from Talleyrand’s library.
From the library of his château at Valençay, bearing his ex libris engraved with the estate’s full coat of arms (the third quarter of his coat of arms) and adorned with his Occitan motto ‘Re que diou’, and the library’s stamp.
See original version (French)
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