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FORBIN (Auguste de). Souvenirs of Sicily. Paris: imprimerie royale, 1823. - In-8, 222 x 143: frontispiece, (2 ff.), xx, 394 pp., (1 f.), 2 ff. of engraved music. Long-grained green morocco, gilt and cold-rolled border, gilt coat of arms in center, surrounded by a gilt frame, ornate ribbed spine, inner gilt border, gilt indication of provenance on first lining, gilt edges (Simier R. du roi). First edition of this interesting account of Sicily by the writer, archaeologist and painter Auguste de Forbin (1777-1841). His reminiscences occupy the first 226 pages. They are followed by several chapters: Aperçu des événemens survenus en Sicile en 1820 (sur l'insurrection de Sicile). - Notice sur quelques artistes de l'Antiquité qui ont fleuri en Sicile. - Note on some Sicilian artists, from the renaissance of the arts to the 19th century. - Note on some Sicilian authors who have published works in the last thirty years. - The Rajah of Bednoure, Indian history. The edition is illustrated with a frontispiece depicting the ruins of the Taormina theater, engraved by Lemaître after a drawing by the author, and two medals engraved by Simonet aîné after a drawing by Garson, placed at the head and end of the souvenirs text. Also included are two sheets of engraved music. A PRECIOUS COPY WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE DUCHESSE DE BERRY, BOUND BY SIMIER. The first lining bears this inscription in gilt letters: "Chambre de S.A.R. // Madame la duchesse de Berry // Aux Tuileries // Bibliothèque des princes de Bauffremont". The Duchesse de Berry lived in the Pavillon de Marsan at the Tuileries Palace from 1820 to 1830. This copy includes 6 pencil annotations in the margins of pages XI, 34, 51, 152, 160 and 233, which an old note on the first white endpaper attributes to the Duchesse de Berry herself. The latter is not necessarily agreeable to the author, as she has written the word "mensonge" ("lie") opposite two passages. A very well preserved copy, despite numerous brown spots. Provenance: Duchesse de Berry, with her coat of arms on the boards, from the library of the Château de Rosny (Catalogue de la riche bibliothèque de Rosny, 1837, no. 1331). - Library of the Princes de Bauffremont.
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FORBIN (Auguste de). Souvenirs of Sicily. Paris: imprimerie royale, 1823. - In-8, 222 x 143: frontispiece, (2 ff.), xx, 394 pp., (1 f.), 2 ff. of engraved music. Long-grained green morocco, gilt and cold-rolled border, gilt coat of arms in center, surrounded by a gilt frame, ornate ribbed spine, inner gilt border, gilt indication of provenance on first lining, gilt edges (Simier R. du roi). First edition of this interesting account of Sicily by the writer, archaeologist and painter Auguste de Forbin (1777-1841). His reminiscences occupy the first 226 pages. They are followed by several chapters: Aperçu des événemens survenus en Sicile en 1820 (sur l'insurrection de Sicile). - Notice sur quelques artistes de l'Antiquité qui ont fleuri en Sicile. - Note on some Sicilian artists, from the renaissance of the arts to the 19th century. - Note on some Sicilian authors who have published works in the last thirty years. - The Rajah of Bednoure, Indian history. The edition is illustrated with a frontispiece depicting the ruins of the Taormina theater, engraved by Lemaître after a drawing by the author, and two medals engraved by Simonet aîné after a drawing by Garson, placed at the head and end of the souvenirs text. Also included are two sheets of engraved music. A PRECIOUS COPY WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE DUCHESSE DE BERRY, BOUND BY SIMIER. The first lining bears this inscription in gilt letters: "Chambre de S.A.R. // Madame la duchesse de Berry // Aux Tuileries // Bibliothèque des princes de Bauffremont". The Duchesse de Berry lived in the Pavillon de Marsan at the Tuileries Palace from 1820 to 1830. This copy includes 6 pencil annotations in the margins of pages XI, 34, 51, 152, 160 and 233, which an old note on the first white endpaper attributes to the Duchesse de Berry herself. The latter is not necessarily agreeable to the author, as she has written the word "mensonge" ("lie") opposite two passages. A very well preserved copy, despite numerous brown spots. Provenance: Duchesse de Berry, with her coat of arms on the boards, from the library of the Château de Rosny (Catalogue de la riche bibliothèque de Rosny, 1837, no. 1331). - Library of the Princes de Bauffremont.
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