211-LARUE (Isaac-Etienne de). Histoire du Dix-huit Fructidor, ou mémoires contenant la vérité sur les divers événements qui se rattachent à cette conjuration. Paris, Demonville et Potey, 1821, 2 vol. in-8, XIII-537 pp. (continuous pagination), midnight blue half-maroquin, spine ribbed, arms at foot, gilt head (period binding). Uncommon first edition. Fierro, 833: "A member of the Conseil des Cinq-Cents, La Rue was deported to French Guiana after 18 fructidor, from where he escaped. His account is very detailed and provides information on both the coup d'état and life in French Guiana." A fine copy bearing the arms of the Marquis Des Roys, and with his bookplate. Charles Henneguier bookplate on title page.