Lot n° 106
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* 106. [MOREAU (Jacob-Nicolas). Mémoire contenant... - Lot 106 - A.Blanchy | E.Lacombe - Bordeaux Chartrons - Bordeaux Enchères
* 106. [MOREAU (Jacob-Nicolas). Mémoire contenant le précis des faits, avec leurs pièces justificatives, pour servir de réponse aux observations envoyées par les ministres d'Angleterre dans les cours d'Europe. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1756. First edition in-12, same year as the in-4, of this memoir which played a historical role during the Seven Years War and for the continuation of the conflict between Canadians and Yankees. When the French attacked Fort Necessity in Ohio on July 3, 1754, they inflicted on George Washington what will remain in as his only defeat. Once in the fort, the French seized the Expedition's journal, Braddock's letters to the English ministry, and Washington's instructions. Once these documents reached France, Louis XV ordered them to be printed and sent to all the courts of Europe as evidence of the English aggression, accusing Washington of the murder of Jumonville. The work had a resounding political impact, Horace Walpole considering that the revelation of Julonville's assassination "set the world on fire".
Binding rubbed, headbands worn, slight leather wear.
(Sabin, 47511)
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