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Fievee: "Correspondance" Signed by Ch. Pinckney.

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Fievee:  Correspondance  Signed by Ch. Pinckney.
<B>Joseph Fievee. </B></I><B><I>Correspondance Politique et Administrative, Commencee au mois de Mai 1814, et dediee a M. le Comte de Blacas D'Aulps.</B></I></B></I> Paris: Le Normant, 1816. <BR>Fifth edition. <B>Signed on the title page by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney</B></I>, who represented South Carolina at the Constitutional Convention, and later served briefly as ambassador to France. Parts Four, Five and Six. Octavo. 488 pages.<BR><BR>Brown wrappers over brown leather spine; gilt lettering on spine. Significant wear to board edges, corners, and along spine. Textblock bears occasional foxing and age toning throughout, but is quite nice, overall. <BR><BR>Joseph Fievee was a journalist and publisher, a novelist, essayist, playwright, civil servant, and reportedly a secret agent, during the French Revolution. Here he has compiled political and administrative correspondence beginning with Napoleon's abdication to Elba in April 1814.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)