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Lot 287A

Sale 5132 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Feb 17, 2017 5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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(Printed Propaganda...


(Printed Propaganda - Collaborationism) 1 Vol. (Napoleonic Wars - First French Occupation of Vienna). Bound Collection of Letterpress Bulletins, Ordinances, Orders, Proclamations &c. Vienna, ca. October 1805-January 1806. Folio, contemporary boards, quarter vellum back and corners; moderate wear. No title page, but with early ownership inscription in ink on front free endpaper (perhaps that of the original printer/compiler). Holding over 80 French and German language letterpress documents - large and small folio broadsheets, and a few paginated pieces. Many uncut, as issued, all crisp and intact, some toned and showing scattered light foxing. Many examples of parallel French- and German-language iterations of the same document. Topics include redistricting, citizen registration, renunciation of inherited titles, garrison rations and reallocation of foodstores, &c.

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