WALTON WILLIAM An Exposé on the Dissentions of Spanish Ameri

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WALTON, WILLIAM. An Exposé on the Dissentions of Spanish America. 8vo, contemporary full calf gilt, minor wear; internally quite clean; front flyleaf inscribed "To his Excy Count Carnot from the Author." London, 1814

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first edition of this exhaustive study of the Latin American struggles for independence, addressed to the Prince Regent in hope of his intervention. The original owner, Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, was an important political figure and military strategist under Napoleon, and would soon be exiled under the Restoration. Palau 373851; Sabin 101220.