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Contes d'Hamilton [3 vols.]

Author Count Anthony Hamilton French, ca. 1646-1720
Date1781
Dimensionsbook: 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (140 x 82mm)
page: 5 3/16 x 2 7/8 in. (132 x 73mm)
MediumLetterpress printed on white laid paper
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineGift of Straus Brothers
Object number
1925.32A-C
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Label TextThis collection of tales by Comte Antoine Hamilton were once in the private library of Napoleon. On the title page of Volume 1 is the red library stamp of Napoleon "Empereur et Roi." These were bequeathed to his son, who lived only slightly more than a decade after Napoleon's death.
François Grasset & Comp., Paris, 1768; Sébastien Jorry, Paris, 1766 (2nd edition); Duchesne, Paris, 1769;
1766-1769

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