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COLCHEN, Jean-Victor comte (1751-1830). Mémoire statistique du département de la Moselle addressé au Ministre de l'Interieuer d'après ses instructions. Paris: de l'Imprimerie de la République, an XI (1802).
2o (438 x 288 mm). (Some light spotting.) Contemporary French red straight-grained morocco gilt, wide roll tooled border of palm leaves around sides, large central coat-of-arms of Napoleon I (Olivier 2652, fer 7) on sides, flat spine in nine compartments gilt lettered in second and fourth, ninth compartment filled with stars, others with the Emperor's eagle, edges gilt, blue watered silk lining; slipcase. (Some minor rubbing to lower cover.) Provenance: Karl W. Hiersemann (bookseller's ticket); Hans Fürstenberg (bookplate and pencil note CF 144); Otto Schäfer (his sale Sotheby's London, Dec 8, 1995 lot 131).
FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. This survey of the iron- and steel-making Moselle region was part of the efforts by Napoleon's Home Affairs Minister Jean-Antoine Chaptal to gain a statistical overview of the departements of the nation, and placed particular emphasis upon assessing the economic and demographic consequences of the Revolution. Eur. Einbandkunst 152.
2o (438 x 288 mm). (Some light spotting.) Contemporary French red straight-grained morocco gilt, wide roll tooled border of palm leaves around sides, large central coat-of-arms of Napoleon I (Olivier 2652, fer 7) on sides, flat spine in nine compartments gilt lettered in second and fourth, ninth compartment filled with stars, others with the Emperor's eagle, edges gilt, blue watered silk lining; slipcase. (Some minor rubbing to lower cover.) Provenance: Karl W. Hiersemann (bookseller's ticket); Hans Fürstenberg (bookplate and pencil note CF 144); Otto Schäfer (his sale Sotheby's London, Dec 8, 1995 lot 131).
FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. This survey of the iron- and steel-making Moselle region was part of the efforts by Napoleon's Home Affairs Minister Jean-Antoine Chaptal to gain a statistical overview of the departements of the nation, and placed particular emphasis upon assessing the economic and demographic consequences of the Revolution. Eur. Einbandkunst 152.