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Lot 260

CIRECOURT (COMTE ADOLPH DE)
Aspects de la Nature... par M. Alexandre de Humboldt, and 9 other items inscribed to Alexis de Tocqueville or signed (10)

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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[CIRECOURT (COMTE ADOLPH DE)]

'Charles-Quint... par M. Mignet', 1855; 'Histoire de la littérature française... par M. Alfred Nettement', 1856; 'Aspects de la nature... par M. Alexandre de Humboldt, 1856', 2 copies; 'L'Acropole d'Athènes par E. Beule', 1856; 'Transcaucasia... par le Baron Auguste Haxthausen', 1856, all offprints of reviews, INSCRIBED BY THE REVIEWER CIRECOURT TO TOCQUEVILLE--BOULATIGNIER (JOSEPH) De l'autorité administrative en France, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "son divine compatriote" to Tocqueville, Saint-Lo, 1839, stitched as issued, some in wrappers, uncut, dust-soiled; and 5 other works (one in 2 volumes), all inscribed or signed, 8vo (13)

Footnotes

The Cirecourt-Tocqueville correspondence (OC, vol. 18) was extensive and includes a good deal of discussion about the reviews. See illustration overleaf.

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