Contact the reference librarian at Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, DE. The library contains many books brought over by the du Pont family from France in 1800. > You may have success searching Thomas Jefferson's Library at the Library of Congress. > > Best wishes, > Teresa > > Teresa I. Morales, Ph.D. > Arts Education & Provenance Research > Museums & Cultural Institutions > Decorative Arts, Material Culture, Visual Arts > Email: [log in to unmask] > Land line: 818.563.6534 > Mobile: 818.201.5868 > Fax: 415.594.9310 > > Sent from my android > > Cristin Waterbury <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > This is a bit of a long shot, but I’m hoping someone on this list might provide me > with some suggestions. For an upcoming exhibit, I’m looking for images of rare books. > Specifically, I’m interested in 18th century political science books (pre 1810) that > are written in French. (i.e. Montesquieu and similar works) I don’t need the books > themselves, I just want to see what they looked like, especially the spines. I’m > wondering if perhaps there’s a rare book repository out there that has some expertise > in this area that might be able to help me out. > > > > Any suggestions are much appreciated. > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Cristin J. Waterbury > > Curator > > National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium > > A Property of the Dubuque County Historical Society > > 350 East 3rd Street > > Dubuque, Iowa 52001 > > Ph: 563-557-9545, ext 204 > > Fax: 563-583-1241 > > Email: [log in to unmask] > > www.rivermuseum.com > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may > obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" > (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" > (without the quotes). > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).