ITALIAN CAMPAIGN. - Lot 84

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ITALIAN CAMPAIGN. - Lot 84
ITALIAN CAMPAIGN. BRETON, J.-B.-J. BRION, L. Voyage en Piémont, Contenant la description topographique et pittoresque, la statistique et l'histoire des six départements réunis à la France, par le Senatus-Consulte de l'An XI. Paris, Brion, Déterville, Debray et Fuchs, An XI-1803. In-8, (3)-VIII-247 pp. with maps and engravings. Fawn speckled basane, smooth spine decorated with a repeated gilt motif, navy title-piece, gilt title, azure endpapers (slight wear and use to binding, spine a little faded, some discreet scorching on a few ff but interior still fresh). A good copy in its contemporary binding. First edition of this important description of Piedmont in the early 19th century by Jean-Baptiste Joseph Breton de la Martinière, a man of the field and anthropologist under the Consulate, who describes the political, military, social and cultural situation in Piedmont in the aftermath of its annexation by France under Bonaparte. Illustrated with 6 copper-engraved folding maps with colored borders and 8 aquatint views of Northern Italy (Turin or landscapes). Only 2 entries in the CCFr (BnF and Archives diplomatiques).
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