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[TRAVEL]. BARBÉ-MARBOIS (François de).
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136
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[TRAVEL]. BARBÉ-MARBOIS (François de).
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
[TRAVEL]. BARBÉ-MARBOIS (François de). HISTORY OF LOUISIANA and of the cession of that colony by France to the United States of North America; preceded by a discourse on the constitution and government of the United States. Paris, Didot, 1829. In-8 ½, brown calfskin, smooth, compartmentalised and decorated spine, gilt initials crowned at the tail, edges stained yellow. Spine darkened, slight rubbing to the binding, a few stains and foxing, more pronounced on the first and last leaves. FIRST EDITION, complete with the engraved and watercoloured fold-out MAP. The frontispiece portrait is MISSING, as in most copies. COPY belonging to Jérôme-Napoléon BONAPARTE (1784–1860), bearing his gilt monogram at the bottom of the spine and a red ink stamp in the margin of the half-title page reading ‘Bibliothèque du citoyen Napoléon Bonaparte’. A French prince and imperial highness, he was the youngest brother of Napoleon I. ¶ Sabin, 3306 – Leclerc, 806 – OHR, 2661, plate 4.
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