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[MADGETT (Nicholas)]. Histoire de Jean Churchill, duc de Marlborough, Prince du Saint Empire romain et de Mindelheim, capitaine général des forces angloises et hollandoises sous la Reine Anne, grand-maître de l'artillerie, &c., &c.. Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, an XIII - 1805. 3 vols. in-8, [2] ff, lxiv-409 pp, [2] ff, 492 pp, [2] ff, 584 pp, [1] f. errata, 7 plates hors texte (portrait-frontispice, facsimile of signature and 5 folding maps and plans). Red morocco, ornate smooth spine, gilt frame on covers, gilt edges, blue tabis lined endpapers (period binding). Traces of damp on vol. I, binding of vol. III a little rubbed. Extremely rare first edition, with all volumes dated 1805 and a slightly different title from subsequent editions. The Irishman Nicholas Madgett (1740-1813), recruited by Barère de Vieuzac, had headed the translation offices of the Parisian Ministry of War during the Revolution; under the Empire, he found himself an interpreter at the Ministry of the Navy. He should not be confused with his nephew and exact namesake, born in 1758, a priest-spy in the service of England. This biography of one of France's worst enemies is presented in its second edition as an official commission ("Imprimé par ordre du gouvernement"), in the midst of the conflict with England. Bookplate from the library of Château de Wideville (Yvelines).

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[MADGETT (Nicholas)]. Histoire de Jean Churchill, duc de Marlborough, Prince du Saint Empire romain et de Mindelheim, capitaine général des forces angloises et hollandoises sous la Reine Anne, grand-maître de l'artillerie, &c., &c.. Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, an XIII - 1805. 3 vols. in-8, [2] ff, lxiv-409 pp, [2] ff, 492 pp, [2] ff, 584 pp, [1] f. errata, 7 plates hors texte (portrait-frontispice, facsimile of signature and 5 folding maps and plans). Red morocco, ornate smooth spine, gilt frame on covers, gilt edges, blue tabis lined endpapers (period binding). Traces of damp on vol. I, binding of vol. III a little rubbed. Extremely rare first edition, with all volumes dated 1805 and a slightly different title from subsequent editions. The Irishman Nicholas Madgett (1740-1813), recruited by Barère de Vieuzac, had headed the translation offices of the Parisian Ministry of War during the Revolution; under the Empire, he found himself an interpreter at the Ministry of the Navy. He should not be confused with his nephew and exact namesake, born in 1758, a priest-spy in the service of England. This biography of one of France's worst enemies is presented in its second edition as an official commission ("Imprimé par ordre du gouvernement"), in the midst of the conflict with England. Bookplate from the library of Château de Wideville (Yvelines).

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