Carel-Frederik SIRTEMA VAN GROVESTINS (NAPOLÉON IER)
Notice et souvenirs biographiques du comte Van der Duyn de Maasdam et du baron de Capellen, recueillis, mis en ordre et publiés par leur ami[Memoir and Biographical Reminiscences of Count Van der Duyn de Maasdam and Baron van der Capellen, collected, arranged and published by their friend]
H. Picault|Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1852|14 x 21.2 cm|Relié
Rare first edition (cf. Tulard 275 and 1453).
Contemporary half tan goatskin binding, spine with four false raised bands decorated with gilt chains and a central fleur, gilt initials at foot, marbled paper boards, corners rubbed and canvas-tipped, late 19th-century binding.
Scattered foxing.
The only edition, extremely scarce as issued in a small print run and not offered commercially, like most of the works of the Dutch historian Sirtema van Grotestins (1791–1874), who was based in France.
The two figures whose memoirs he published were Dutchmen of contrasting political destinies: while the former refused to serve Louis Bonaparte, the latter went so far as to join
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