Author: NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Title: Carnet D'Un Voyageur
Description: Paris: Chez Pillet Ainé, 1819. Three Fine Aquatint Plates of Lockwood House Napoleon Bonaparte's Final Residence on the Island of St. Helena [NAPOLEON BONAPARTE]. Carnet d'un Voyageur, ou Recueil de Notes Curieuses sur la Vie, les Occupations, les Habitudes de Buonaparte a Longwood.. de Sainte-Helene.. Paris: Chez Pillet Ainé, 1819. First edition. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 213 x 143 mm.). [iv], [1]-119, [1, blank] pp. Three fine hand colored aquatint plates. Some light spotting at beginning and end, a few leaves browned. Publisher's printed cream wrappers, uncut. Front wrapper and first few leaves a little worn at lower edge. Chemised in a red cloth slipcase, spine lettered in gilt. A very good example in the publisher's printed wrappers of this travelers notebook or collection of curious notes on the life, occupations and habits of Napoleon Bonaparte at his final residence at Lockwood House on the island of St. Helena. The Plates: 1. Vue de la Maison de Longwood prise du Jardin Fleuriste (frontispiece) 2. Vue de la Nouvelle Residence de Buonaparte prise de la maison du Lieutenant Jackson (facing p. 24) 3. Vue de la Maison de Longwood prise du chemin qui conduit ŕ Dedwood (facing p. 33) Abbey, Travel 313; Bobins III, 1154. .
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Title: Carnet D'Un Voyageur
Description: Paris: Chez Pillet Ainé, 1819. Three Fine Aquatint Plates of Lockwood House Napoleon Bonaparte's Final Residence on the Island of St. Helena [NAPOLEON BONAPARTE]. Carnet d'un Voyageur, ou Recueil de Notes Curieuses sur la Vie, les Occupations, les Habitudes de Buonaparte a Longwood.. de Sainte-Helene.. Paris: Chez Pillet Ainé, 1819. First edition. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 213 x 143 mm.). [iv], [1]-119, [1, blank] pp. Three fine hand colored aquatint plates. Some light spotting at beginning and end, a few leaves browned. Publisher's printed cream wrappers, uncut. Front wrapper and first few leaves a little worn at lower edge. Chemised in a red cloth slipcase, spine lettered in gilt. A very good example in the publisher's printed wrappers of this travelers notebook or collection of curious notes on the life, occupations and habits of Napoleon Bonaparte at his final residence at Lockwood House on the island of St. Helena. The Plates: 1. Vue de la Maison de Longwood prise du Jardin Fleuriste (frontispiece) 2. Vue de la Nouvelle Residence de Buonaparte prise de la maison du Lieutenant Jackson (facing p. 24) 3. Vue de la Maison de Longwood prise du chemin qui conduit ŕ Dedwood (facing p. 33) Abbey, Travel 313; Bobins III, 1154. .
Keywords: Books in French French History Views
Price: US$ 750.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 05849
- Book number: 05849
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