141-FONVIELLE. Mémoires historiques, de M. le Cher. de Fonvielle, de Toulouse, de l'ordre de l'éperon d'or, secrétaire perpétuel de l'académie des ignorants. A Paris, Chez Ponthieu, l'Auteur, Boucher, décembre 1824, 4 vol. in-8, half caramel calf, smooth spine decorated, arms at head, numeral at foot (period binding). First edition. "It was in 1796 that he wrote the bulk of his memoirs, the first 3 volumes. The first recounts his beginnings under the Ancien Régime, the other two the ups and downs of his life during the Revolution. Written with an apparent sincerity and many precise notions, his recollections provide a wealth of information on the history of this period in Provence and Languedoc, particularly on many second-rate characters." (Fierro). Fierro, 558; Tulard, 556. A fine copy bearing the arms and cipher of Louis-Philippe d'Orléans. Stamp of the King's Library at Château d'Eu.