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Léopold First, the founder of modern Belgium, by Comte Louis de Lichtervelde ... translated by Thomas H. Reed and H. Russell Reed.
Author
Lichtervelde, Louis de, comte, 1889-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York, London, The Centure Co. [c1930]
Description
xi, 336 p. : illus. (map) 2 port. (incl. front.) ; 23 cm.
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Special Collections - Remote Storage (ReCAP): Graphic Arts. Special Collections Use Only
RCPXG-6332706
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Subject(s)
Belgium
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History
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Leopold I, 1831-1865
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Léopold I King of the Belgians 1790-1865
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Translator
Reed, Thomas Harrison, 1881-
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Reed, H. Russell (Howard Russell), 1905-
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Medium/Support
8vo. rdabf
Notes
RCPXG copy: Laid in are: a stipple engraved bust portrait of Léopold I, signed "V.D.H."; a New Year greeting card from Maurice Leroy, dated 1934; a bookmark entitled, "Arga Philips"; and a Parisien glove dealer's card.
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Includes index.
Contents
The Background
the Arrival in Belgium
The Ten Days' War
After the Defeat
The First Elections
the Beginnings of Parliamentary Life
The End of the Ministry of 1832
The Royal Guardian
Strengthening the Dynasty
Dismemberment of Belgium
The Decline of the Catholic-Liberal Entente
The Victory of 1848
The Crown Above Parties
The Crisis of 1857
Foreign Policy
Internal Struggles
The Death of Léopold I
Index.
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Provenance
RCPXG copy: Dedication in ink, first blank leaf: "This was not so much fun in the doing as the other Leo, but such as it is, please accept it with the sincere regard of Thomas H. Reed. Nov. 9, 1980."
Source acquisition
RCPXG copy: Gift; W. Allen Scheuch, Princeton Class of 1976; 2010.
LCCN
30030114
OCLC
710610
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