first edition Hardcover
1839 · London
by Dumas, Lieut.-Gen. Count Mathieu
London: Richard Bentley, 1839. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. Three quarter red leather binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with leather spine labels and gilt decoration; moderately rubbed and worn, but attractive and intact. Beautifully marbled paper on boards and endpapers. Vol. I: [ii], 494 pages of text. Illustrated with a finely engraved frontisportrait of Napoleon. Vol. II: [ii], 528 pages of text. Illustrated with a finely engraved frontisportrait of Lafayette. Very minimal soiling scattered throughout text, and a few pages with minor creases to the corners. American Revolutionary War. Lieut.-Gen. Count Mathieu Dumas (1753-1837)..
(Inventory #: 017511)