170-GRÉGOIRE (Henri-Baptiste). Memoirs of Grégoire, former bishop of Blois, deputy to the Constituent Assembly and the National Convention, Senator, Member of the Institute. Preceded by a historical note on the author by H. Carnot. Paris, Dupont, 1837, 2 vols. in-8, 479 pp. and 450 pp. portr. half blue morocco, smooth spine decorated, arms at foot, red head, cover preserved, (Bretault). First edition. "These memoirs are said to have been written in 1808 to justify Grégoire's attitude during the Revolution, in particular his action in favor of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy and during the Terror" (Fierro). "The final section, on the revolt of dissident clergy against the Concordat, is of particular interest during the consular and imperial periods. Grégoire describes the bullying suffered by constitutional clergy after 1802 in the dioceses studied in alphabetical order" (Tulard). A fine copy bearing the arms of Lieutenant-Colonel Carnot. Abbé Grégoire had passed on some of his papers to Hippolyte Carnot. Attached is a letter to this effect addressed to Colonel Carnot by the editor of a thesis on Abbé Grégoire. Fierro, 667. Tulard, 651.