DE LEVIS M.Livre Rare Book
Souvenirs et Portraits. 1780 - 1789
181356607Paris et se trouve à Londres: éhez L. Deconchy . New Bond Street 1813. First edition one of two variant imprints from the same year with identical collations. 2 xxiv 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf richly gilt spine with leather label gilt arms stamped on upper cover marbled endpapers. Hinge off otherwise a lovely copy. First edition one of two variant imprints from the same year with identical collations. 2 xxiv 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brief portraits of various contemporaries by Pierre-Marc-Gaston duc de Lévis 1755-1830 -- including a vivid reminiscence of Benjamin Franklin whom the author met as a boy. Lévis was the son of the French general François Gaston who took over the French troops after Montcalm's death in the French-Indian War. There is a portrait of his father of Mirabeau Calonnes Madame Necker Cardinal Rohan and many other liminaries of the century. OCLC: 14868518 4 copies éhez L. Deconchy ... New Bond Street unknown books
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