"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. "
— Bertolt Brecht

Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1844. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.398. With 22 engraved plates to rear. Text in French. In contemporary quarter tan calf with gilt titles to black labels on spine. Marbled boards and end-papers. Black ink ownership inscription to title page. Gilt nearly all worn from labels. Spine head pulled away. Fair overall. A history of the Hanseatic League, or Hansa, by the eminent and long-lived former ambassador to the USA. Item #46951
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