Lutezia : no. 10 : manuscript, 1840 May 30.

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Lutezia : no. 10 : manuscript, 1840 May 30.

Concerns Napoleons' critics, chiefly Chateaubriand, Madame de Staël and Lamartine.

8 p. ; 26 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7796878

Houghton Library

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