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.
Rare and modern books
[Vivian (John Henry)]
London: Sold by Longman Hurst, Rees, Orme and Browne. [1822].,
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.
Rare and modern books
[Vivian (John Henry)]
London: Sold by Longman Hurst, Rees, Orme and Browne. [1822].,
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(Grantham,
United Kingdom)
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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
- False
- State of preservation
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- Print on demand
- False
- Condition
- New
- First edition
- False
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.
