Word: fontainebleau
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Italian into French, and supplemented by a biographical sketch of Tasso. The book is in two volumes, illustrated by several ngravings, and was printed in Paris by Bossanger in 1803; it is bound in calf, and on the covers are the imperial eagles, and, stamped in gold, the word "Fontainebleau." From the library of the palace of Fontainebleau, the book was carried to Elba by the Emperor Napoleon, and was afterwards given by him to the doctor of the island, who assisted Napoleon in his return to France...