[TRAVEL]. BARBÉ-MARBOIS (François de). HISTORY OF LOUISIANA - Lot 136

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[TRAVEL]. BARBÉ-MARBOIS (François de). HISTORY OF LOUISIANA - Lot 136
[TRAVEL]. BARBÉ-MARBOIS (François de). HISTORY OF LOUISIANA and of the cession of that colony by France to the United States of North America; preceded by a discourse on the constitution and government of the United States. Paris, Didot, 1829. In-8 ½, brown calfskin, smooth, compartmentalized, and decorated spine, gilt initials crowned at the tail, edges yellow-stained. Spine darkened, slight rubbing on the binding, a few stains and foxing, more pronounced on the first and last leaves. FIRST EDITION, complete with the engraved and watercolored fold-out MAP. The frontispiece portrait is MISSING, as in most copies. COPY belonging to Jérôme-Napoléon BONAPARTE (1784–1860), with his gilt monogram at the bottom of the spine and a red-ink stamp in the margin of the half-title page reading “Bibliothèque du citoyen Napoléon Bonaparte.” A French prince and imperial highness, he was the youngest brother of Napoleon I. ¶ Sabin, 3306 - Leclerc, 806 - OHR, 2661, plate 4.
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