CARNOT, (LAZARE).Biblio.com
CARNOT, [Lazare]Biblio.com
An Exposition of the Political Conduct of Lieut. General Carnot Since the First of July 1815
1815317110New York: Van Winkle & Wiley 1815. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 72pp. see note. Small octavo. Printed papercovered boards. Unopened. Endpapers foxed signature slightly misbound with pg. 49-50 leaf D7 apparently never bound in; otherwise an attractive near fine copy of a fragile volume. Carnot's account of the reign of Napoleon. He was a French engineer and military officer who studied engineering with Benjamin Franklin was a leader of Revolutionary France and later Minister of War under Bonaparte for a time. Van Winkle & Wiley hardcover
