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MIOT de MELITO (André François, Count)
See original version (French)
49
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MIOT de MELITO (André François, Count)
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
MIOT de MELITO (André François, Count)
Paris, Michel Lévy, 1858.
Memoirs.
3 vols. in-8 (21.8 x 13 cm), green half-shagreen, decorated ribbed spine, and a crowned ‘N’ in full length (Girault).
Posthumous first edition, edited by the author’s son-in-law, General de Fleishmann. André Miot de Melito (1792–1841) lived through the Revolution and the Empire. A close associate of Joseph Bonaparte, he was notably entrusted with missions in Corsica and Italy, before serving as attaché to the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Spain.
Reading notes on the end flyleaves.
INCLUDED
– GUILLEMARD (Robert). Memoirs of Robert Guillemard, retired sergeant, followed by historical documents, most of them unpublished, from 1805 to 1823. Paris, Delaforest, Bossange, Baudouin, 1826. 2 vols. in-8 (19.5 x 11.5 cm), burgundy half-percaline Bradel binding, green title label (20th-century binding).
First edition, with a map at the end of Volume II (restored). Waterstains. Ex-libris of Baron Charles d’Huart.
– BIGARRÉ. Memoirs of General Bigarré, aide-de-camp to King Joseph. 1775–1813. Paris, Ernest Kolb, n.d. [1893]. In-8 (21 x 13 cm), green half-shagreen, ribbed spine, front cover preserved (contemporary bindings).
Ex-libris: Bibliothèque du Franc-Port.
Bibliography
1. Foulché-Delbosc, no. 256.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Books, Manuscripts & Antique Engravings, including the José Luis Dotti Library
Auction location
Auction time
09/23/2026 at 2:30 PM
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