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[Vivian (John Henry)]

Extracts of notes taken in the course of a Tour on the continent of Europe, in the years 1814 and 1815, principally relating to a visit to the island of Elba and a conversation held with Napoleon Bonaparte, during his residence there.

London: Sold by Longman Hurst - Rees - Orme and Browne. [1822].,

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Author
[Vivian (John Henry)]
Publishers
London: Sold by Longman Hurst, Rees, Orme and Browne. [1822].
Keyword
TRAVEL ANTIQUARIAN ELBA NAPOLEON BONAPARTE ITALY
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
New
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
Print on demand
No
Condition
New
First edition
No

Description

First edition, 58, [2]pp., with the terminal errata leaf, presentation copy from the author, disbound. Vivian, John Henry (1785-1855), industrialist and politician, born on 9 August 1785 in Truro, went on to become a mining and copper-smelting entrepreneur. He enjoyed travelling and in 1815 met the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte on Elba, this pamphlet is his account of that meeting. Rare; Not in the British Library.