19-BARTHÉLÉMY (Fr. de). Mémoires historiques et diplomatiques de Barthélémy, depuis le 14 juillet jusqu'au 30 prairial an 7. S.l. [Paris], s.d. (1799), in-8, 223 pp, portrait, red long-grained half-maroquin à la Bradel (late 19th century binding). Extremely rare first edition of the memoirs of the Marquis de Barthélémy (1747-1830), one of the five Directors and one of the victims of the coup d'état of 18 fructidor, which led to his deportation to French Guiana. A fine copy. Ex-libris Bibliothèque du Franc-Port. Some foxing.