(Europe, France, Corse) - BOSWELL, James.- An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a tour to that island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. LONDON, PRINTED FOR EDWARD AND CHARLES DILLY, In-8° : xxii-[2]-384 pp.; 1 pl. (some small foxing, little tears in the slightly browned map, 1 corner torn). Contemporary binding : calf, boards with double gilt fillet, gilt stamped ribbed spine, red edges (slightly rubbed, corners slightly damaged, upper joint partly split, some spots, etc.).
Second edition (1st ed. : 1768). The first part gives a geographical and historical presentation, the second the voyage in 1765 and the third contains the important memoirs of the admiral Paoli (1725-1807), giving details on the fight for Independance in which he participated from 1735 on. Illustrated with a folding map of Corsica. The island remained under Genoese control until the Corsican Republic of 1755 and under partial control until its purchase by France in 1768. The same year this work was published in London, which made Paoli (exiled to London in 1769) an emblematic person in Great Britain. Many translations of the work followed. # Biogr. univ. V-146. -- Traite de la situation économique, politique et religieuse de la Corse par Boswell et de son voyage sur l'île. Avec les mémoires de Paoli relatifs à la guerre d'indépendance corse. Plein veau de l'ép. (pet. rouss., carte lég. brunie avec déchirures minim., rel. lég. us.). Top J'enchéris
(Europe, France, Corse) - BOSWELL, James.- An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a tour to that island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli. LONDON, PRINTED FOR EDWARD AND CHARLES DILLY, In-8° : xxii-[2]-384 pp.; 1 pl. (some small foxing, little tears in the slightly browned map, 1 corner torn). Contemporary binding : calf, boards with double gilt fillet, gilt stamped ribbed spine, red edges (slightly rubbed, corners slightly damaged, upper joint partly split, some spots, etc.).
Second edition (1st ed. : 1768). The first part gives a geographical and historical presentation, the second the voyage in 1765 and the third contains the important memoirs of the admiral Paoli (1725-1807), giving details on the fight for Independance in which he participated from 1735 on. Illustrated with a folding map of Corsica. The island remained under Genoese control until the Corsican Republic of 1755 and under partial control until its purchase by France in 1768. The same year this work was published in London, which made Paoli (exiled to London in 1769) an emblematic person in Great Britain. Many translations of the work followed. # Biogr. univ. V-146. -- Traite de la situation économique, politique et religieuse de la Corse par Boswell et de son voyage sur l'île. Avec les mémoires de Paoli relatifs à la guerre d'indépendance corse. Plein veau de l'ép. (pet. rouss., carte lég. brunie avec déchirures minim., rel. lég. us.). Top J'enchéris
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