74-CLERY (Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Hanet, dit). Journal de ce qui s'est passé à la tour du Temple pendant la captivité de Louis XVI, Roi de France. À Londres, De l'imprimerie de Baylis, se vende chez l'auteur, 1798, in-8, 239-[3] pp. frontispiece, plan and facsimile, red morocco, smooth ornate spine, boards decorated with wide gilt lace with floral motifs at the corners, gilt edges, interior roulette and on the edges (period binding). First edition of these famous memoirs, published simultaneously in London, in French and English. "The diary of the King's valet de chambre during his imprisonment at the Temple is one of the most important documents on this episode in the history of the Revolution"(Fierro, 331). An exceptional copy in a contemporary English morocco binding. Some wear.
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74-CLERY (Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Hanet, dit). Journal de ce qui s'est passé à la tour du Temple pendant la captivité de Louis XVI, Roi de France. À Londres, De l'imprimerie de Baylis, se vende chez l'auteur, 1798, in-8, 239-[3] pp. frontispiece, plan and facsimile, red morocco, smooth ornate spine, boards decorated with wide gilt lace with floral motifs at the corners, gilt edges, interior roulette and on the edges (period binding).
First edition of these famous memoirs, published simultaneously in London, in French and English.
"The diary of the King's valet de chambre during his imprisonment at the Temple is one of the most important documents on this episode in the history of the Revolution"(Fierro, 331).
An exceptional copy in a contemporary English morocco binding.
Some wear.
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