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LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL MILITARY SCHOOL. Columbus or the Discov…
See original version (French)
119
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LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL MILITARY SCHOOL. Columbus or the Discov…
See original version (French)
Estimate €120 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
LIBRARY OF THE
ROYAL MILITARY SCHOOL.
Columbus or the Discovery of the West Indies (...) that is to say
Columbus or the Discovery of the West Indies, an entertaining
and useful read for children and young people by Mr J.H. Campe,
new edition revised and corrected by Mr Junker, Royal Censor. Published in Strasbourg and sold in Paris, with the King’s approval and
privileges, 1784, in-12° (165x105 mm), contemporary binding
in marbled brown calfskin, featuring the city’s coat of arms
at the top of the front cover, spine plain and decorated with small flowers, title label
in red morocco, titles in gold lettering and monogram
ERM, red edges, white paper flyleaf. Bears
a handwritten inscription in brown ink on the flyleaf
‘D’Havrincour’ and ‘Mocher’ (?), and on the title page: ‘
Ex Biblio Lebrun’. Small stains, slightly dented corner,
damage to the spine, but in good overall condition.
See original version (French)
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