[MAISTRE (Xavier de)]. VOYAGE AROUND MY ROOM. Turin... - Lot 142 - De Baecque et Associés

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[MAISTRE (Xavier de)]. VOYAGE AROUND MY ROOM. Turin... - Lot 142 - De Baecque et Associés
[MAISTRE (Xavier de)]. VOYAGE AROUND MY ROOM. Turin (Lausanne), no name, 1794. Small in-12 of 188-[1] pages, half tan basane with corners, smooth spine decorated with fillets (contemporary binding) RARE ORIGINAL EDITION, published under these initials: By M. le chev. X*** ***. O. A. S. D. S. M. S., meaning By Monsieur le chevalier Xavier de Maistre, Officer in the Service of His Serene Majesty. Famous text written by Xavier de Maistre while he was confined for 42 days in his room at the citadel of Turin after having participated in a duel against a Piedmontese officer. It was his brother Joseph, to whom he had given the manuscript during a visit to Lausanne, who undertook to publish it in a very small number. Small wormholes sometimes reaching the text on many leaves. (Clouzot, 193 "Very rare").
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