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MAYEUX (L. J. B.). Notice géographique sur les Isles Saint-M…
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MAYEUX (L. J. B.). Notice géographique sur les Isles Saint-M…
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €120
Voluntary lot
Description
MAYEUX (L. J. B.). Notice géographique sur les Isles Saint-Marcouf. Valognes, Gomont, 1810.
In-12 of 45 pp. half havane calf, smooth spine mute (a few small leather tears) (contemporary binding).
A very rare and unique edition (only two copies in the CCF (BnF and Rouen)) of this work devoted to the small archipelago of Saint-Marcouf, located in the Bay of the Seine to the east of the Cotentin peninsula, which was of major strategic importance during the revolutionary and imperial periods, as the British, who had occupied it since 1795, greatly disrupted maritime trade. In 1800, Napoleon I attempted to dislodge them using the Nautilus, the first submarine of war designed by Robert Fulton, without success. The islands were returned to Napoleon in 1802, and an armed fortress was built to prevent any further threats.
E.A.S. from the author on the verso of the title: "A Monsieur Le Bechu, capitaine du génie, donné par l'auteur, Le Lieutenant du Roi de Granville / Mayeux". Captain at the age of 23, Mayeux served in Saint-Domingue and then in the Army of the West before defending the islands of Saint-Marcouf under the Empire. He ended his military career as squadron leader and commander of Granville. A history buff, he devoted his spare time to writing the town's first historical chronicles.
Ex-libris JM (Frère II, 294.)
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