Dintraiguel (2 results)

rigide. Condition: Bon. Traduite de l'Anglois, et augmentée d'un grand nombre de rémarques historiques, 1 vol. in-12 reliure de l'époque plein veau raciné, dos à 5 nerfs orné, triple filet doré d'encadrement en plats, Chez Jacquet, à Lille, Chez les Frères De-Ville, à Lyon, 1747, 144 pp. Il s'agit de la traduction française par d'Intraiguel de l'ouvrage anonyme anglais paru en 1746 sous le titre "Ascanius or the young adventurer ; a true history". Le roman est prétexte au récit de la défaite des Stuarts, de Culloden à l'embarquement de Charles Stuart. Barbier, I, 304 Langue: Français.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Free 1-3 day USPS Priority Mail shipping & free insurance in the USA48. Very rare, 8vo, (18th Century contemporary full leather binding.) Top of spine worn (as shown), corners worn, but foldouts intact and type crisp. This book, printed in 1763, includes two parts (volumes), describes what Prince Charles Edward, "Bonnie Prince Charlie," did after he escaped from the battle at Culloden, leaving all his personal possessions behind, moving secretly from place to place, hunted by government forces and helped and sheltered by believers. Includes fold-out engravings of the Battle of Culloden, the embarcation of the Prince in 1746. Much of the drama of the period comes through this account as if the author is looking over his shoulder for unseen enemies as he writes.