MIGNONNEAU
[Recueil de 3 brochures relatives à la question d'Orient] Considérations politiques, par M.*** - Ces réflexions devoient, avec beaucoup d'autres, faire suite aux Considérations politiques… - Lettre à M. le Comte de ***, octobre 1784[Collection of Three Pamphlets Relating to the Eastern Question] Political Considerations, by M.* — These reflections were intended, along with many others, to form a sequel to the Political Considerations… — Letter to the Comte de *, October 1784]
s. n.|Paris 1783-1784|12.4 x 20.3 cm|3 volumes reliés en 1
Extremely rare collection of three works, in original anonymous editions, devoted to the Eastern Question and the policy France should adopt to counter Russian ambitions in the Ottoman Empire.
The author is believed to be one Mignonneau, a former war commissioner.
Bound in full mottled calf, smooth spine richly decorated with gilt crossbands, brown calf title label, rubbing to joints and spine, gilt roll partially faded on head and tail, triple gilt fillet framing boards, handmade paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt turn-ins, corners slightly worn, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Minor angular losses to boards, light dampstaining to lower margin of leaves in th
€3,850