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an old red book with a gold crown on top of itan old book with a title on it sitting on top of a tablean open book with a picture of a man on itsix red books lined up in rows on a white surface
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860 - [Marie-Louise’s copy] – SCHŒLL (Maximilian-Samson-Friedrich)…
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[Marie-Louise’s copy] – SCHŒLL (Maximilian-Samson-Friedrich), KOCH (Christophe-Guillaume). A Brief History of the Peace Treaties between the Powers of Europe since the Peace of Westphalia; by the late M. de Koch. A work entirely revised, expanded and continued up to the Congress of Vienna and the Treaties of Paris of 1815. Paris, Gide fils [Printed by J. Smith], 1817–1818. 15 vols. in-8, red half-goatskin with corner pieces, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets and garlands (contemporary binding). Scattered foxing. (Quérard VIII, 539 (or IV, 308)). A fine copy bearing the gilt monogram of Empress MARIE-LOUISE of Habsburg as Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, centred on the covers. Stamp similar to OHR 2654-7. Ex-libris vignette of the financier and Napoleonic collector Calvin Bullock (1867–1944). He had assembled a remarkable collection of objects and books relating to the Emperor and Admiral Nelson, which, upon his death, passed into the care of his son Hugh Bullock (1898–1996).
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 2 of 4 – Nos. 550 to 1084
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Auction time 08/20/2026 at 11:00 AM
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