Piganiol de la Force, M. Nouvelle Description de la France; - Lot 406

Piganiol de la Force, M. Nouvelle Description de la France; dans lequel on voit le Gouvernement General de ce Royaume, celui de chaque Province en particulier; et la descriptions des Villes, Maisons Royales, Chateaux, & Monumens les plus remarquables, avec des Figures en taille-douce. Tome Treizième. Contenant le Gouvernement de l'Alsace, de la Franche-Comté, du Roussillon, de la Lorraine, & du Barrois. Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1754. In-12, 648 pp. 4 folding maps, 5 folding plans. Marbled half-fauve with corners, spine with 5 fleuronné faux-nerfs, t.p. in blond morocco, blue marbled edges (later binding). From the library of Auguste Charlotte de Schönberg, Countess of Kielmannsegge, with her engraved bookplate. Born on May 18, 1777 at Hermsdorf Castle near Dresden and died on April 26, 1863 at Plauen near Dresden, she was of good Saxon nobility, a friend of France and, thanks to the Duchess of Courland, was admitted to Napoleon's Imperial Court. From 1809, she was an intelligence agent devoted to the Emperor.Blue stamp "Gräfl[ich] zu Lynar'sche Fideikommiß Bibliothek", rubbing to binding, very fresh inside.