105. ANNUAIRE HISTORIQUE UNIVERSEL or Political... Lot 105

105. ANNUAIRE HISTORIQUE UNIVERSEL or Political History for 1842. Paris, Thoisnier Desplaces, 1843. In-8, viii-511-416 pp, one folding printed table out of text, half red long-grained morocco, smooth spine decorated with fillets and chains, boards covered with red chagrined paper with gilt crowned figure in the centre, small wormholes on the spines (period binding). NAPOLEON I is here evoked in several passages, notably on the question of the LEGITIMATE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE (pp. 261 of the yearbook and p. 272 of the "Chronicle" in appendix), on the question of the RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CIVIL POWER AND THE PAPALITY (pp. 326, 329, and 331 of the "Chronicle"), and on the subject of POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN (p. 10 of the Yearbook) EXEMPLAIRE WITH THE CROWNED CHIFFRE OF MARIE-LOUISE (iron absent from OHR).