Verlag: W. J. Widdleton, Publisher, New York, 1879
Anbieter: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Kanada
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo. Complete in four volumes. Bound in the publisher's light brown cloth with gilt lettering tot he spine and blind stamped borders to front board and rear, brown coated endpapers, clean throughout and the bindings tight and square. Only some light wear to the cloth at the spine ends, otherwise a fresh and bright set.
Verlag: Lisbon, Na Typ. de José Rodrigues Galhardo, 1834., 1834
Anbieter: Richard C. Ramer Old and Rare Books, New York, NY, USA
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8°, contemporary plain blue wrappers. Uncut and unopened. In fine condition. 59 pp., (2 blank ll.). *** First Edition in Portuguese of this translation of a letter by Las Cases to Napoleon's son Lucien Bonaparte, written in 1816 and published in London, 1818 as part of Memoirs of Emanuel Augustus Dieudonné Count de las Casas, communicated by himself, Comprising a letter from Count de las Casas at St. Helena to Lucien Bonaparte, giving a faithful account of the voyage of Napoleon to St. Helena, his residence, manner of living, and treatment on that island; also a letter addressed by Count de las Casas to Lord Bathurst (pp. 97-159 of the London, 1818 edition). The appearance of this text is interesting to see in Portugal at this time, given the defeat in May 1834 of the absolutist D. Miguel by the more liberal D. Pedro and his daughter D. Maria II.Emmanuel-Augustin-Dieudonné-Joseph, comte de Las Cases (1766-1842) emigrated during the French Revolution to London, where he published an atlas under the name A. Lesage in 1801. Returning to France with the Peace of Amiens, he sided with Napoleon and by 1810 was named count. Meanwhile, beginning in 1803-4, the French editions of his atlas made him a wealthy man. After Napoleon?s second abdication he accompanied the ex-emperor to Saint Helena in 1815, where in barely a year he gathered the material published as the 8-volume Mémorial de Ste Hélène, 1822-23. Although the Mémorial is today considered an untrustworthy source, it raised nostalgia for the Empire in France, and its multitudinous editions earned Las Cases another fortune.*** Not in Ayres de Magalhães Sepúlveda, Dicionário bibliográfico da Guerra Peninsular, which lists only the Mémorial, in several French editions (II, 195-6). Not in Gonçalves Rodrigues, A tradução em Portugal. The initials of the translator not identified by Martinho da Fonseca or Guerra Andrade. Porbase locates five copies at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (calling for 59 pp.) and one at the Biblioteca João Paulo II-Universidade Católica Portuguesa (calling for 60 pp.). Not located in Jisc. Not located in NUC.
Verlag: Karlsruhe, J. Velten, 1825-28., 1825
Anbieter: EOS Buchantiquariat Benz, Zürich, Schweiz
Atlas-folio. Doppelblattgr. Titel und Widmung, 3 Bl. Vorrede und Inhalt, 43 Doppelblatt mit 24 kol. Karten im Text. Halbleder d. Zt. Vgl. Brunet III, 859 (nennt die letzte französische Ausgabe von 1826). Die vorliegende deutsche Ausgabe des badischen Aussenministers Alexander von Dusch (1789-1876) ist Ludwig Wilhelm August, Grossherzog von Baden, gewidmet. - Einband ziemlich berieben, aber intakt. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +.