Auguste CREUZÉ DE LESSER
Voyage en Italie et en Sicile, fait en MDCCCI et MCCCII[Journey through Italy and Sicily, undertaken in 1801 and 1802]
Imprimerie de P. Didot l'ainé|Paris 1806|12 x 19.5 cm|Relié
First edition (cf. Monglond, VII, 242. Brunet, 20178. Quérard, II, 337.)
Contemporary half tawny sheepskin binding, smooth spine ruled in gilt and decorated with gilt typographic ornaments, a few rubs to the spine, modern blue shagreen lettering-piece, upper cap worn away.
Some foxing to the first and last leaves, a tear to the lower margin of page 277, joints restored at foot, dampstaining to the margins of the boards.
Baron Auguste Creuzé de Lesser (1771-1839), prefect of Charente and Hérault under the Empire and the Restoration, published anonymous opéras-comiques under the name Auguste, as well as heroic and lyrical poems, a translation of Schiller, and a life of La
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