History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena; from the Letters and Journals of the Late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, and Official Documents Not Before Made Public. 2 Vols.

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First American Edition (1st ed., London, 1853, 3 vols.). Frontispiece, xii, 13-633 pp; viii, 9-672 pp; ads (6 pp). Original cloth. Head of spine and corners of covers worn in each volume, gift inscription on each flyleaf. Else a Very Good set. 'Add Ms 20,114. This is Vol. VIII from the 27-volume correspondence and papers, principally of an official character, of Sir Hudson Lowe, from the year 1794 to the year 1822: made apparently under his own instructions (Add Mss 20,107-20,133). They have been used by Mr Forsyth for his History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena, 3 vols., 1853, and had been previously in the hands of Sir Harris Nicolas for a similar work; and they have a few notes in the handwriting of the latter' (WATERLOO: ORIGINAL ACCOUNTS - The Captain W. Siborne Collection and Related Materials from the British Library, London, Adam Matthew Publications Web site). N° de ref. del artículo 16235

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