Cavour

by Maurice Paléologue

1926. No edition remarks. 327 pages. Half bound blue leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt lettering to spine. Gilt top edge to textblock. In French. Biography. Binding by G. Schroeder, signed at top of front free enpaper. Originally a paperback with original covers bound in. A fold-out colour map at rear. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1926

About the author

Maurice Paléologue (1859 -1944) was a French diplomat, historian, and essayist. He played a major role in the French entry into the First World War, when he was the French ambassador to Russia and supported the Russian mobilization against Germany that led to world war.