Lot n° 185
Estimation :
400 - 500
EUR
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Result
: 350EUR
MARAT (Jean-Paul). Les Chaines de l'esclavage.... - Lot 185 - Rossini
MARAT (Jean-Paul). Les Chaines de l'esclavage. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Marat, L'an premier de la République [1792]. In-8, tortoiseshell calf, triple gilt fillet, ornate smooth spine, red title page, name Sernin gilt on tail, marbled edges (Binding of the period).
First French edition (see previous issue).
Bearing this handwritten ex-dono on the title page: Donné par l'auteur.
Scratch mark in the blank of the title, some foxing. Modern spine and title-piece, the spine of the old binding reapplied.
Subsequently bound: CARNOT (Lazare). Mémoire adressé au roi, en juillet 1814. Paris, Vauquelin, 1815.the quires of this added text have been soaked and heavily repaired, and presents entire parts in facsimile.
A portrait of Marat, drawn by F. Bonneville and engraved by Sandoz, is included.
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