MANUSCRIT VENU DE ST. HELENE d'une Maniere Inconnue

by Frederic Lullin de Chateauvieux, Attributed

A$1,200 · Offered by Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller

First edition

Pp. iv +152 last blank ; demy 8vo; bound by Manson Edinburgh? in early mottled calf, spine ruled in gilt panels, with gilt lettered dark green leather title label, boards with decorative gilt border, edges a trifle rubbed; upper hinge starting, occasional light foxing; John Murray, London, 1817. First edition? *'The Manuscript that came from Saint Helena in an unknown way' was reprinted 4 times in 1817 alone. An edition in English was quickly printed, and pirated copies and

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