Title: Voyages et Memoires de Maurice-Auguste, Comte de Benyowsky Author: Benyowsky, Maurice-Auguste Place: Paris Publisher: F. Buisson Date: 1791 Description: 2 volumes. viii, 466; 486 pp. (8vo) period full calf, with delicate gilt borders on covers, gilt-decorated spines, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. First French Edition. Both with half titles and title pages. Rare work, the first French Edition of the travels of Maurice-Auguste Benyowsky, containing his military operations in Poland, his exile in Kamchatka, his escape and his journey across the Pacific Ocean, in Japan, Formosa, at Canton in China, and details of the institution he was supported by the Ministry Francois form in Madagascar. General Count Móric Agóst Fraňtisek Benyovszký (1746-1786) was a Hungarian count with Hungarian, Polish and Slovak ancestry. He was an explorer, writer, ruler of Madagascar, and military officer in the French, Polish, Austrian and American armies. His career began as an officer of the Habsburg army in the Seven Years' War during the reign of Empress Maria Theresia. In 1768 he joined the Confederation of Bar, a Polish national movement against Russian intervention. He was captured by the Russians, interned in Kazan, and later exiled in Kamchatka. Subsequently, he escaped and returned to Europe via Macau and Madagascar. In 1772 Benyovszky arrived in Paris where he met King Louis XV of France and was offered the privilege to act on behalf of France to colonize Madagascar. After establishing the settlement of Louisburg, in 1776 Benyovszky was elected by a group of local tribal chiefs as their Ampanjakabe (ruler). In 1779 Benyovszky came to America, where he tried to obtain support for a proposal to use Madagascar as a base against the British in aid of the American War of Independence. He died in 1786. In 1783, Benyovszky approached the British government to request support for an expedition to Madagascar. He gave John Hyacinth de Magellan his memoirs, written in French, describing and exaggerating all his past journeys. That year Magellan had them translated into English under the title Memoirs and Travels and published the memoir in four volumes in 1790. These originals are now in the manuscript division of the British Library. The memoir was shortly afterwards published in German (Berlin, 1790; Vienna, 1816), French (Paris, 1791), Dutch (Haarlem, 1791), Swedish (Stockholm, 1791), Polish (Warsaw, 1797), Slovak (Pressburg, 1808), and Hungarian (1888). In addition to authoring a late-18th-century bestseller, Benyovszky has inspired other established writers, poets, and composers. Eight operas were dedicated to him as well as some novels and television series called Vivat Benyovszky likewise depict the story of Benyovszky. Lot Amendments Condition: Joints have been repaired (were detached or starting), rubbing at extremities and faint scattered soiling; period ink name on title page of each volume, very faint marginal foxing; very good. Item number: 249969
Title: Voyages et Memoires de Maurice-Auguste, Comte de Benyowsky Author: Benyowsky, Maurice-Auguste Place: Paris Publisher: F. Buisson Date: 1791 Description: 2 volumes. viii, 466; 486 pp. (8vo) period full calf, with delicate gilt borders on covers, gilt-decorated spines, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. First French Edition. Both with half titles and title pages. Rare work, the first French Edition of the travels of Maurice-Auguste Benyowsky, containing his military operations in Poland, his exile in Kamchatka, his escape and his journey across the Pacific Ocean, in Japan, Formosa, at Canton in China, and details of the institution he was supported by the Ministry Francois form in Madagascar. General Count Móric Agóst Fraňtisek Benyovszký (1746-1786) was a Hungarian count with Hungarian, Polish and Slovak ancestry. He was an explorer, writer, ruler of Madagascar, and military officer in the French, Polish, Austrian and American armies. His career began as an officer of the Habsburg army in the Seven Years' War during the reign of Empress Maria Theresia. In 1768 he joined the Confederation of Bar, a Polish national movement against Russian intervention. He was captured by the Russians, interned in Kazan, and later exiled in Kamchatka. Subsequently, he escaped and returned to Europe via Macau and Madagascar. In 1772 Benyovszky arrived in Paris where he met King Louis XV of France and was offered the privilege to act on behalf of France to colonize Madagascar. After establishing the settlement of Louisburg, in 1776 Benyovszky was elected by a group of local tribal chiefs as their Ampanjakabe (ruler). In 1779 Benyovszky came to America, where he tried to obtain support for a proposal to use Madagascar as a base against the British in aid of the American War of Independence. He died in 1786. In 1783, Benyovszky approached the British government to request support for an expedition to Madagascar. He gave John Hyacinth de Magellan his memoirs, written in French, describing and exaggerating all his past journeys. That year Magellan had them translated into English under the title Memoirs and Travels and published the memoir in four volumes in 1790. These originals are now in the manuscript division of the British Library. The memoir was shortly afterwards published in German (Berlin, 1790; Vienna, 1816), French (Paris, 1791), Dutch (Haarlem, 1791), Swedish (Stockholm, 1791), Polish (Warsaw, 1797), Slovak (Pressburg, 1808), and Hungarian (1888). In addition to authoring a late-18th-century bestseller, Benyovszky has inspired other established writers, poets, and composers. Eight operas were dedicated to him as well as some novels and television series called Vivat Benyovszky likewise depict the story of Benyovszky. Lot Amendments Condition: Joints have been repaired (were detached or starting), rubbing at extremities and faint scattered soiling; period ink name on title page of each volume, very faint marginal foxing; very good. Item number: 249969
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