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ROVIGO, D'ALBERG, HULIN and others. Mémoires historiques sur la catastrophe du duc d'Enghien. Paris: Baudouin Brothers, 1824.
8° (204 x 125mm). (Bound without the blanks.) Contemporary quarter russia, spine tooled in gilt and blind (corners rubbed). Provenance: Alexander II of Russia (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. ALEXANDER II'S COPY. The dubious, judicial killing of Enghien by Napoleon resonated years after the fact, and features in the opening book of Tolstoy's War and Peace.
8° (204 x 125mm). (Bound without the blanks.) Contemporary quarter russia, spine tooled in gilt and blind (corners rubbed). Provenance: Alexander II of Russia (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. ALEXANDER II'S COPY. The dubious, judicial killing of Enghien by Napoleon resonated years after the fact, and features in the opening book of Tolstoy's War and Peace.
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