The secret history of the court and cabinet of St. Cloud: in a series of letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London, written during the months of August, September and October, 1805
by [Stewarton]
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Philadelphia : John Watts, 1806. Third Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional example; corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 232 pages; Description: xii, 232p. ; 18cm. Subjects: Napoleon, I, Emperor of the French 1769-1821, - Fiction. Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. English fiction - 19th century. France - Court and courtiers. Notes: Variously attributed to Stewarton and Lewis Goldsmith ; no author indicated on title page.
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- Title
- The secret history of the court and cabinet of St. Cloud: in a series of letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London, written during the months of August, September and October, 1805
- Author
- [Stewarton]
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- Hardback
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- Third Edition
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- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : John Watts
- Date Published
- 1806
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- Gilt
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- Calf
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Morocco
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