119-ESPINCHAL (Comte d'). Journal d'émigration. Published from original manuscripts by E. d'Hauterive. Paris, Perrin, 1912, in-8, VII-559 pp, front, facsimile, index, midnight blue half-maroquin, spine ribbed, arms at foot, gilt head, cover preserved (period binding). First edition. "The Comte d'Espinchal began keeping a diary at the time of the Estates-General, only to have it stopped in February 1793. The set, preserved at the Bibliothèque municipale de Clermont-Ferrand, comprises 13 volumes and almost 5,000 pages. Espinchal emigrated on July 19, 1789, traveling to Germany, Italy and Venice in 1790-1791, then to Switzerland and the Rhine, before joining Condé's army. There, he created a company of gentilshommes d'Auvergne and fought in the 1792 campaign, though not at Valmy. He returned to France in 1801. His enormous diary was only partially edited by Ernest d'Hauterive, who took over what had previously been published on the organization of the Auvergne corps at Coblence". (Fierro, 518). One of the best accounts of the period. A good copy bearing the arms of the Marquis Des Roys, with his bookplate. Spine a little faded.