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MONTBEL, Guillaume Isidore, Count de (1787-1861). Le Duc de Reichstadt. Paris: Le Normant, 1832.
8° (220 x 140mm). 4 plates, three of these facsimile manuscript. Burgundy straight-grained morocco by Thouvenin with his stamp, sides panelled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, edges gilt, red moiré silk doublures (spine and top edges faded to brown). Provenance: Guillaume-Isidore de Montbel (presentation inscription to:) -- Nicholas I (stamp of Tsarskoe Selo; pencilled shelf mark '47/6') -- Plaza Book Auction, New York (sold, 21-24 November 1933, lot 521; label and description tipped-in) -- Calvin Bullock (bookplate) -- Christie's (sold 15 October 1997, part lot 294).
FIRST EDITION. TSAR NICHOLAS I'S COPY, INSCRIBED TO HIM BY THE AUTHOR, in French: 'To His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias. With the respectful homage of the author. Count de Monbel'. This biography of Napoleon I's son was published while Montbel was in exile following the French Revolution of 1830, Montbel having been a minister in the government of Charles X.
8° (220 x 140mm). 4 plates, three of these facsimile manuscript. Burgundy straight-grained morocco by Thouvenin with his stamp, sides panelled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, edges gilt, red moiré silk doublures (spine and top edges faded to brown). Provenance: Guillaume-Isidore de Montbel (presentation inscription to:) -- Nicholas I (stamp of Tsarskoe Selo; pencilled shelf mark '47/6') -- Plaza Book Auction, New York (sold, 21-24 November 1933, lot 521; label and description tipped-in) -- Calvin Bullock (bookplate) -- Christie's (sold 15 October 1997, part lot 294).
FIRST EDITION. TSAR NICHOLAS I'S COPY, INSCRIBED TO HIM BY THE AUTHOR, in French: 'To His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias. With the respectful homage of the author. Count de Monbel'. This biography of Napoleon I's son was published while Montbel was in exile following the French Revolution of 1830, Montbel having been a minister in the government of Charles X.
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