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The true story of the Chevalier d'Eon : his experiences and his metamorphoses in France, Russia, Germany and England, told with the aid of state & secret papers
Title
The true story of the Chevalier d'Eon : his experiences and his metamorphoses in France, Russia, Germany and England, told with the aid of state & secret papers / by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly.
Published
London : Tylston and Edwards and A.P. Marsden, 1895.
Physical Description
xvi, 358 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Bailey 1144: No. 68 of large-paper copy, with color illustrations (26 cm.). Bookplate: The Lamberts, exlibris. From the library of Laura Bailey. Bookseller's description affixed to front free endpaper. Tipped in at front: Manuscript letter from Chevalier d'Eon to Counsellor Pigott, dated 29 mars 1798 (3 unnumbered pages), cataloged separately. Accompanied by: Typescript English translation of manuscript letter (1 sheet); Bookseller's invoices (2 sheets).
LSF Bo56 32: Small paper copy.
BEIN Pforzheimer Intelligence 9863: Number 40 of large-paper copy. Bookplate: Ex libris W.J. Donovan. From the library of Walter L. Pforzheimer.
Notes
"Of this work there have been printed for sale one hundred large-paper copies (Van Gelder's royal 8vo), with coloured illustrations, and five hundred small-paper copies (demy 8vo). The former are numbered 1 to 100"--Half-title verso.
Title page in red and black.
Advertisement, 8 pages at end.
500 copies printed.
Includes index.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Publishers' advertisements.
Also listed under
Walter L. Pforzheimer Intelligence Collection (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
England London.
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