AUGUSTE DE LA GARDE, COMTE (1783-1853?) FÊTES ET SOUVENIRS DU CONGRÈS DE VIENNE. [CELEBRATIONS AND SOUVENIRS OF THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA] ORIGINAL EDITION, 1843. 2 VOLUMES. IN FRENCH.

Lot 87

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Celebrations and souvenirs from the Congress of Vienna. Paintings from the Salons. Anecdotal scenes and portraits 1814-1815. Paris, A.Appert, Imprimeur-Libraire-Éditeur, 1843. 2 vol. in-8, bound, smooth spines decorated with fleurons, (1) false title, frontispiece, title, 536p. (1) ; (1) false title, frontispiece, title, 536p. (1), portrait of the marshal prince de Ligne, dedicatee of the work, in frontispiece of vol. 1 and frontispiece (detached) showing a session of the plenipotentiaries in Vienna (Isabey) vol. 2. Foxinges, 'Bd.488' and label pasted on title page of volume 1 (without affecting the text), 'Bd.488' on title page of volume 2, 2 small holes inside margins of last pages of volumes 1 and 2. 22,4 x 14,5 cm This work remains 'one of the sources most used by historians to evoke the Congress of Vienna' Tulard, n°432.

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