‎MANGOURIT , Michel-Ange Bernard ( 1752 - 1829 ) :‎
‎"Voyage en Hanovre fait dans les années 1803 et 1804 ; Contenant la description de ce pays sous les rapports politques, religieux, agricole, commercial, minéralogique, etc. Le Tableau des moeurs et usages de ses habitens ; détails sur la chaine du Harz et les anciennes divinités saxones; les extraits du projet de la conquete de l'Egypte, rédigé par Leibnitz....."‎

‎ Paris, Dentu, Imprimeur-Libraire, an XIII ( 1805 ) , in-8°, xii pp + 500 pp. (complete). Bound in contemporary half leather with paper covered boards, gilt title on smooth spine. Fine copy allthough the binding shows some wear at extremities and has a cracked lower joint (over 5 cm). First and original edition of this French study and travel account on the Electorate of Hanover. The French considered it a pawn in their war against England. Therefore it was one of the first territories to be occupied in Germany. The author, an important French diplomat, had been Minister of Foreign Affairs and also French ambassador to the U.S.A. (in 1796). Goldsmith-Kress 19002..‎

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