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A NARRATIVE OF EVENTS WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN FRANCE FROM THE LANDING OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE ON THE FIRST OF MARCH, 1815, TILL THE RESTORATION OF LOUIS XVIII. With an Account of the State of Society and Public Opinion at that Period
by Williams, Helen Maria
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About This Item
Cleveland: Burrows Brothers Co., [printed by John Wilson and Son, University Press, Cambridge], 1895. [2], 272 pages. Original green cloth with gilt spine lettering. [21.1 cm.] Near fine. A few traces of faint soiling to cloth, hint of rubbing to base of spine. Embossed stamp on rear free endpaper, but no other marks. FIRST OF THIS LIMITED EDITION. No. 730 of 750 copies. The work was originally published in 1815 in London, where it was reprinted the following year. An American edition was also issued in 1816. There were no other issues until the present edition. Helen Maria Williams (b. 1761 or 1762; d.1827) was an English poet who sympathized with the French Revolution and emigrated to France in the early 1790's. She was imprisoned in Luxembourg during the Terror and lived briefly in Switzerland after her release, but she spent most of the remainder of her life in France. Williams published a series of memoirs and sketches for English audiences that portrayed life in France from the Revolution to the early period of the Bourbon Restoration. She also wrote one novel and translated a number of French works into English, including the American travels of Alexander von Humboldt.
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- Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
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- 0000353
- Title
- A NARRATIVE OF EVENTS WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN FRANCE FROM THE LANDING OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE ON THE FIRST OF MARCH, 1815, TILL THE RESTORATION OF LOUIS XVIII. With an Account of the State of Society and Public Opinion at that Period
- Author
- Williams, Helen Maria
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Burrows Brothers Co., [printed by John Wilson and Son, University Press, Cambridge]
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1895
- Bookseller catalogs
- EUROPEAN HISTORY;
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Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
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About Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
An online shop focusing on Americana, particularly books pertaining to the South, and offering rare, scholarly, and antique books on a variety of other subjects. Proprietor David J. Eilenberger worked for over five years at respected firms in the A.B.A.A. before establishing the company in 2010. In addition to books, we are interested in acquiring broadsides, ephemera, 19th-century photographs, and manuscripts. Member Independent Online Booksellers Association since 2017.
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