Red morocco with the figure of Empress Marie-Louise BILLIARD... Lot 457

Red morocco with the figure of Empress Marie-Louise BILLIARD (Auguste) Voyage aux colonies orientales, ou lettres écrites des îles de France et de Bourbon pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820, à M. le Cte de Montalivet, Pair de France, ancien ministre de l'Intérieur, etc. Paris, Ladvocat, 1822. In-8; illustrated with a fold-out plan of Port-Louis de l'Isle de France and a fold-out map of Bourbon Island. Minor spotting in places. Contemporary cherry morocco, smooth ornate spine, fine garland framing the boards, Monogram M L under imperial crown (Empress Marie-Louise) in the center of the boards, minor rubbing, epidermure on lower board, gilt roulettes on inner and outer edges, blue silk endpapers, gilt edges. Provenance: Monogram of Empress Marie-Louise. Marie-Louise Léopoldine Françoise Thérèse Josèphe Lucie de Habsbourg-Lorraine (1791-1847), Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary and Bohemia, Empress of the French from 1810 to 1814, then Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla until 1847. Printed bookplate From the library of .H. Harvey Frost