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.
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> Best wishes, 
> Teresa
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> Teresa I. Morales, Ph.D.
> Arts Education & Provenance Research
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> Cristin Waterbury <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Any suggestions are much appreciated.
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> Thank you,
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> Cristin J. Waterbury
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