62-CHAMBELLAND (Claude-Antoine). Vie de L.-J. de Bourbon-Condé, prince du sang, grand-maître de la maison du roi, colonel général de l'infanterie et gouverneur du duché de Bourgogne ; dédiée à l'Armée Française. Paris, Dentu, 1819 - 1820, 3 vols. in-8, XXIV-439 pp., 511 pp., 502 pp. 1 f. errata, 2 pl. half red morocco with corners, richly decorated ribbed spine, blue edges (period binding). First edition. The biographer, who was completely devoted to his hero, has drawn up a very complete portrait of the Prince de Condé. Volume I covers the period from 1736 to July 14, 1789. Volume II begins with the Revolution and ends with the passage of Condé's army to Russia. Finally, Volume III covers the Prince de Condé's campaigns on the shores of Lake Constance through to his funeral. Volume III contains the three portraits of Condé, d'Enghien and de Bourbon lithographed by Lasteyrie and combined on a single plate, as well as a view of Chantilly drawn by Perrot and lithographed by Villain. A very fine copy.
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62-CHAMBELLAND (Claude-Antoine). Vie de L.-J. de Bourbon-Condé, prince du sang, grand-maître de la maison du roi, colonel général de l'infanterie et gouverneur du duché de Bourgogne ; dédiée à l'Armée Française. Paris, Dentu, 1819 - 1820, 3 vols. in-8, XXIV-439 pp., 511 pp., 502 pp. 1 f. errata, 2 pl. half red morocco with corners, richly decorated ribbed spine, blue edges (period binding).
First edition.
The biographer, who was completely devoted to his hero, has drawn up a very complete portrait of the Prince de Condé.
Volume I covers the period from 1736 to July 14, 1789. Volume II begins with the Revolution and ends with the passage of Condé's army to Russia. Finally, Volume III covers the Prince de Condé's campaigns on the shores of Lake Constance through to his funeral.
Volume III contains the three portraits of Condé, d'Enghien and de Bourbon lithographed by Lasteyrie and combined on a single plate, as well as a view of Chantilly drawn by Perrot and lithographed by Villain.
A very fine copy.
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