LESUR, Charles-Louis
Les Francs, heroic poem in ten songs
Paris, with the author, Maradan & Desenne, 1797 [An V].
COPY OF THE IMPERIAL LIBRARY OF TSARKOÏE SELO.
EPIC CELEBRATING THE FIRST VICTORIES OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 (180 x 115 mm). Endpaper with Dutch watermark
COLLATION : A-N8 O12 or 4 ff, VII, 234 pp, (1)
CONTENTS: π2r: title, π3r: preliminary note, A1r: first song, B4r: second song, C6r: third song, E4r: fourth song, G1r: fifth song, H6r: sixth song, K1r: seventh song, L3r: eighth song, M9r: ninth song, O1r: 10th song
RUSSIAN BINDING OF THE TIME. green morocco with long grain, gilt decoration, author's name stamped on the first plate, framed with fillets and frieze with roulette, long dong decorated, gilt edges
PROVENANCE: library of Tsarkoe Selo (wet stamp)
BIBLIOGRAPHY: not in Brunet