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MAISTRE, Xavier, Comte de (1763-1852). Voyage autour de ma Chambre. Paris: Dufart, an VII [1799]. 
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MAISTRE, Xavier, Comte de (1763-1852). Voyage autour de ma Chambre. Paris: Dufart, an VII [1799]. 

12mo. Half-title; engraved frontispiece by Auguste Blanchard. 20th-century half blue morocco gilt, uncut. 

Early edition of Maistre's work of parody written in the tradition of a grand travel narrative, and first published in 1794. Maistre wrote about his voyage "around his room" while he was imprisoned in Turin for 42 days for dueling. 

[With:] Meleagre. Tragedie. Paris: Pierre Ribou. 1699. (Repairs to title.) Later blue cloth. Provenance: Louis V. Ledoux (bookplate). -- Aristotle’s Secret of Secrets Contracted. N.p.: n.p., 1719. Second edition. Contemporary calf gilt (some light wear, hinges splitting).

Property from Historic Sengen House, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York