Title: Handschrift auf unbekannte Art von St. Helena gekommen. Aus dem Französischen. Mit Anmerkungen und einer Nachschrift vom Professor Krug in Leipzig
Description: <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">8vo. pp. 99, [1], f. [1] (plates). Vellum-backed marbled boards. “Otto” written in manuscript on title page. Illustrations.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">First German translation of the bestselling French ‘Letter from St. Helena’ (London, 1817, see Bib# 4102975/Fr# 1340), purportedly by Napoleon and sometimes attributed (wrongly) to Madame de Staël. It was confessed to years later by Frédéric Lullin de Châteauvieux–although a recent editor of Napoleon’s own marked-up copy (Paris, 1974, see Bib# 4102979/Fr# 1344) disputes Lullin’s authorship.</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_4102978" rel="ugc nofollow">Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.</a></span></span></p>