Live auction - Lot 1124
[Belgium - Scheldt]
Doutes sur la liberté de l’Escaut, réclamée par l’Empereur; sur les causes & sur les conséquences probables de cette réclamation.
London, G. Faden for J. Robson & P. Elmsley, [1785]
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
8vo: [2]-vi (= 6)-168-xl (= 40) pp.
Cont. mottled calf, gilt spine on 5 raised bands, red polished edges, marbl. endpapers. Very good copy.
Politico-economical treatise by Count H.-G. de Mirabeau (1749-1791). “Written in favor of the Dutch, when Joseph II demanded the opening of the Scheldt in 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 (Wikipedia) (gilt arms on front cover). - Philippe Bragard (mod. bookpl.).
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