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TOCQUEVILLE (ALEXIS DE)
L'Ancien régime et la révolution, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY inscribed on half title "Souvenir d'autres amitiés" and with substantial pencil annotations by Louis de Kergorlay (1804-88), Paris, Levy, 1856

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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TOCQUEVILLE (ALEXIS DE)

L'Ancien régime et la révolution, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY inscribed on half title "Souvenir d'autres amitiés" and with substantial pencil annotations by Louis de Kergorlay (1804-88), roan-backed boards by Feuardent of Cherbourg, with his label, rubbed, 8vo, Paris, Levy, 1856

Footnotes

"Nous avons trouvé au château de Tocqueville un exemplaire de la 1re édition de L'Ancien régime, corrigé au crayon par l'ami intime de Tocqueville, Louis de Kergorlay. C'est ce dernier qui a suggéré à l'auteur de nombreuses corrections que Tocqueville à prèsque toutes acceptées et ajoutées au sienne" (editorial note, probably by Mayer, OC, vol. 2, i, p.7; see also vol. 12, ii, p.315: Tocqueville to Kergorlay, "ton volume annoté sera gardé très précieusement").

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