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Observations sur l'expédition du Général Buonaparte dans le Levant
by Irwin, Elyes
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Bureau de la Librairie. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1798. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full calf, gilt-ruled spine in six compartments, with gilt title on black label, marbled endpapers. An septieme (Year Seven, 1798). In French. This is the first translation into French of Eyles Irwin's "An Enquiry into the Feasibility of the Supposed Expedition of Buonaparte to the East," published in 1798. Translated from the English by "Andre." . Expertly refurbished, some pencil notations on blank verso of final page of text, none affecting text, some minor foxing. No maps. VERY GOOD.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 205 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1655
- Title
- Observations sur l'expédition du Général Buonaparte dans le Levant
- Author
- Irwin, Elyes
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bureau de la Librairie
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1798
- Keywords
- History;, Napoleon;, Egypt;, Bonaparte;, Rare Books;, Antiquarian Books;, Collectible Books;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Napoleon;
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Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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