223. RED BOOK] - First register of bearer orders, signed by the King [With:] Second [- Third] register of the secret expenses of the Court, known as the Red Book, brought by deputies of the administrative bodies of Versailles, on 28 February 1793, the second year of the Republic, deposited in the Archives, and printed by order of the National Convention. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1793, 3 parts in one vol. in-8, 6-190-170-63 pp., cherry half-shell, ribbed spine decorated with double cold-casing, double cold fillet on the plates, gilt head (19th c. rel.). Scrubbed cuts, but good copy. Simply because of the colour of its binding, the very official Register of Bearer Ordinances from 1773 to 1788 is called the Register of Bearer Ordinances. Our copy contains the three published parts of the second "red book". Copy of J. A. Boulain, with ex-libris vignette.