[NAPOLEON A SAINTE HELENE]. A traveller's... - Lot 12 - Pierre Bergé & Associés

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[NAPOLEON A SAINTE HELENE]. A traveller's... - Lot 12 - Pierre Bergé & Associés
[NAPOLEON A SAINTE HELENE]. A traveller's notebook, or a collection of curious notes on Buonaparte's life, occupations, habits in Longwood; on the main inhabitants of St Helena, the picturesque description of the island, etc.; Taken on the spot, in the last months of 1818. Paris, Pillet Aîné, 1819. In-8 of 2 ff.n.ch. 119 pp.ch. and 3 pl. in coul.; half calf (contemporary binding). The coloured plates represent views of the Emperor's houses in Longwood. [Related in succession:] 1) WARDEN. Excerpts from letters written during the crossing from Spithead to St Helena, and during a few months of stay in this island. Paris, Gide, 1817, 136 pp. ch. The letters of Dr. Warden, who accompanied the Emperor on his trip to St. Helena, only had 2 or 3 editions in French, all of which could not be found. 2)[ANONYMUS] Letter to the Duke of Wellington on the protection he provides to the Minister of Police. No place or date, 16 pp. each. Plea against Fouché published anonymously by a royalist. Origin: Rosny Castle (ex-libris).
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