Online auction - Lot 310
[Belgium - Scheldt]
Doutes sur la liberté de l'Escaut, réclamée par l'Empereur; sur les causes et sur les conséquences probables de cette réclamation.
London, G. Faden for J. Robson & P. Elmsley, [1785]
Starting bid: €
80
€ 100 / 120
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8vo: [2]-vi-168-xl pp. (map missing).
Contemp. marbled sheep, gilt coat of arms on covers, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (sm. ink staining).
Rare political and economical treatise by Count Mirabeau (1749-1791). "Written in favor of the Dutch, when Joseph II demanded the opening of the Scheldt on behalf of the Brabançons" (Watt).
Ref. ESTC N896. - Cp. Kress B751. - Cp. Goldsmith's 12953.
Prov. Max, Comte de Preysing i.e. Maximilian Graf von Preysing-Moos (1760–1836), "Generalmajor der bayerischen Armee im Russlandfeldzug 1812" (gilt supralibros). - Philippe Bragard (mod. bookpl.).