Précis de L'Histoire D'Espagne Depuis Les Temps Les Plus Recules…(The History of Spain from the Earliest Times) in 2 Volumes.

D'Ascargorta. Antonio. From the Library of Marie Louise Bonaparte, Napoleon's second wife.

Verlag: Chez Fanjat ainé June 1823, Paris, 1823

Beschreibung

This set is charmingly bound in quarter red leather spines with tiny leather tips; the red paper-covered boards have been varnished and stamped on the centers of the front and rear boards with the drawing of a gilt filigreed crown and the calligraphic letters "ML"). There is crackle to the varnish, and Marie Louise's crown and initials are bright. Volume 1 has the large fold-out map of Spain & Portugal, measuring 14" x 12".With the bookplates of Herbert Pierrepont Houghton, a professor of classical languages, on the front paste-downs. With a gift inscription in green ink dated 1959. Each volume has the script written in red ink: "From the Library of the Empress Marie Louise" on the verso of the front endpapers.With occasional foxing in the texts and some light chipping to the varnished red boards. The red leather spines are supple and stamped brightly in gold lettering and gilt rules. Marie Louise(Maria Ludovica Leopoldina Franziska Therese Josepha Lucia;Italian:Maria Luisa Leopoldina Francesca Teresa Giuseppa Lucia; 12 December 1791 17 December 1847) was an Austrian archduchess who reigned asDuchess of Parmafrom 1814 until her death. She wasNapoleon's second wife and, as such,Empress of the Frenchfrom 1810 to 1814.As the eldest child of theHabsburgEmperorFrancis II of Austriaand his second wife,Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Marie Louise grew up during a period of continuous conflict betweenAustriaandrevolutionary France. A series of military defeats at the hands ofNapoleon Bonapartehad inflicted a heavy human toll on Austria and led Francis todissolvetheHoly Roman Empire. The end of theWar of the Fifth Coalitionresulted in the marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise in 1810, which ushered in a brief period of peace and friendship between Austria and theFrench Empire. Marie Louise agreed to the marriage despite being raised to despise France. She was adored by Napoleon, who had been eager to marry a member of one of Europe's leading royal houses to cement his relatively young Empire. With Napoleon, she bore a son, styled the King of Rome at birth, later Duke of Reichstadt, who briefly succeeded him asNapoleon II.Napoleon's fortunes changed dramatically in 1812 after his failedinvasion of Russia. The European powers, including Austria, resumed hostilities towards France in theWar of the Sixth Coalition, which ended with the abdication of Napoleon and his exile toElba. The1814 Treaty of Fontainebleauhanded over the Duchies of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla to Empress Marie Louise. She ruled the duchies until her death.Marie Louise marriedmorganaticallytwice after Napoleon's death in 1821. Her second husband wasCount Adam Albert von Neipperg(married 1821), anequerryshe met in 1814. She and Neipperg had three children. After Neipperg's death, she married CountCharles-René de Bombelles, her chamberlain, in 1834. Marie Louise died in Parma in 1847. (Wikipedia) First French Edition translated from the Spanish by M.L.G. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 895

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Titel: Précis de L'Histoire D'Espagne Depuis Les ...

Verlag: Chez Fanjat ainé June 1823, Paris

Erscheinungsdatum: 1823

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage