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Ask a question or Order this book Browse our books Search our books Book dealer info | Author: JONAS, EDOUARD Title: Quelques reliques emouvantes du passe [Facsimiles of French historical documents. With transcriptions and notes.] Description: [Paris : Editions M.D. ca. 1930] 1930. First Edition. Very good copy in original. decorative portfolio folder with ribbon ties still attached. Edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; Physical description: 1v. mounted facsims. ; 33cm. Subjects: Manuscripts. French -- Facsimiles. France -- History -- Sources. Autographs -- France -- Facsimiles. Note: Vol. 3 of a 5-volume series celebrating French history and the French Empire compiled and edited by Edouard Jonas and Chester Dale. Contents: L'epitaphe de Moliere par son ami La Fontaine -- Colbert invite fermement Louis XIV a reduire ses fastueuses depenses -- Le financier Law demande audience au Regent pour lui exposer une idee nouvelle : le credit -- La derniere pensee de Voltaire mourant -- Lafayette demande pardon a Louis XVI d'etre alle combattre en Amerique -- Le sous-lieutenant Buonaparte jure de mourir plutot que de laisser envahir la patrie -- La lettre d'abdication de l'imperatrice Josephine -- Wellington annonce a Dumouriez sa victoire a Waterloo -- Un emouvant recit par l'aumonier de Sainte-Helene de l'ouverture du cercueil de l'empereur.Weight in Kg appr.: Keywords: Price: EUR 60.00 = appr. US$ 65.21 Seller: MW Books - Book number: 191616 |