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DUNANT, Jean Henri (1828-1910). Un souvenir de Solfrino... Troisime dition. Geneva: Jules-Gme Fick, 1863.
Small 8o (183 x 116 mm). Half-title; lithographed folding map, reprinted from the first edition. Contemporary green hard-grain morocco gilt, gilt arms of Princess Clotilde of Sardinia and Piedmont on sides, her crowned cipher repeated in corners of covers and spine compartments, gilt edges, turn-ins gilt, pink moir silk liners. Provenance: Princess Clotilde (1843-1911), eldest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia and Piedmont (author's presentation inscription on front flyleaf); "Maison des Oiseaux", Congregation Notre-Dame (bookplate).
PRESENTATION COPY of the "third," i.e., second edition (see preceding lot), containing additional notes and an appendix, and in which Dunant extended his original proposal to include victims of natural disasters (in a footnote to page 152). The royal recipient of this copy had "played a significant role in the events leading up to the battle of Solferino: in 1858, as part of the alliance agreement between her father and Emperor Napolon III of France, she was given in marriage to the emperor's cousin Napolon-Joseph Bonaparte" (Norman). The Sardinians were eager to wage war for a United Italy against the Austrian regime, and the confirmation of an alliance between Sardinia and France, the latter being doted with a professional army, tipped the balance of military power in their favor, leading directly to a declaration of war in April 1859. Norman 671.
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PRESENTATION COPY of the "third," i.e., second edition (see preceding lot), containing additional notes and an appendix, and in which Dunant extended his original proposal to include victims of natural disasters (in a footnote to page 152). The royal recipient of this copy had "played a significant role in the events leading up to the battle of Solferino: in 1858, as part of the alliance agreement between her father and Emperor Napolon III of France, she was given in marriage to the emperor's cousin Napolon-Joseph Bonaparte" (Norman). The Sardinians were eager to wage war for a United Italy against the Austrian regime, and the confirmation of an alliance between Sardinia and France, the latter being doted with a professional army, tipped the balance of military power in their favor, leading directly to a declaration of war in April 1859. Norman 671.