117-EDGEWORTH DE FIRMONT (Henry Essex). Memoirs. Collected by C. Sneyd Edgeworth and translated from English by Edmund Burke's translator. Paris, Gide, 1815, in-8, 220 pp, midnight blue half-maroquin, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head (later binding). First edition. "Confessor to Madame Élisabeth, Abbé Edgeworth de Firmont acted as intermediary between the royal family and émigré royalist circles. He had to go into hiding after August 9, 1792, but continued to maintain secret relations with the imprisoned royal family, thanks to the dedication of a few national guards who passed on correspondence. He assisted Louis XVI in his final moments..." (Fierro, 503). A good copy. Ex-libris Le Proux.