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1870D18931Paris: Alphonse Lemerre 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. The letter represents a single page 8vo on a bifolium addressed on integral leaf and postmarked to verso. Some minor wear as expected. The letter is in regard to an incomplete payment of 6000 francs and lack of reimbursement from Mr. Goldier a former judge. Rouget de Lisle author and composer of La Marseillaise which eventually became Frances national anthem in 1879 was imprisoned for his defense of the monarchy released after Robespierre's fall and later imprisoned as a debtor. This letter was written during a time of financial distress for the composer and demands repayment of his property. It is tipped into an extra-illustrated copy of L'Invasion 1792-1870 bound in full red morocco spine gilt-lettered top edge gilt red white and navy morocco doublures STAMP-SIGNED TAFFIN joints cracked but holding. Interleaved with a hand-colored manscript pictorial half-title 2 plates 2 hand-colored vignettes. Quite the book! <br /> <br /> <br/><br/> Alphonse Lemerre hardcover