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840 - Collection. The Life of Louis-Philippe-Joseph d’Orléans, Duk…
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Collection. The Life of Louis-Philippe-Joseph d’Orléans, Duke of Orléans, New Edition, Revised, Corrected & Expanded; with an account of his journey to London, his political intrigues, and his plots against his homeland. Translated from the English by Mr R. D. W. London: St James’s Palace Press, 1789. In-8, (2)-72 pp. - JOURGNIAC DE SAINT-MÉARD. My Thirty-Eight-Hour Agony, or An Account of What Happened to Me, and of What I Saw and Heard During My Detention in the Prison of the Abbey of Saint-Germain, from 22 August to 4 September 1792; By Jourgniac de Saint-Méard, formerly Captain-Commander of the Chasseurs of the King’s Infantry Regiment. 20th edition, entirely consistent with the eighteen editions printed by Desenne. In Paris, Petit, Desenne, undated. 8vo, 64 pp. - AIGNAN (Etienne), To the spirits of the nine victims of Orléans. Funeral songs performed for the first time at the theatre in Orléans. No place (Orléans, Darnault-Maurant) 1795. 8vo, VIII–30 pp. First edition. - Comparative list of the five roll-calls taken during the sittings of 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 January 1793, concerning the trial and sentencing of Louis XVI, together with the statements made by the Deputies at each of the sittings, in numerical order. Followed by Louis’s statement to the Convention, in which he appeals to the Nation against the judgement passed against him; and by the speech delivered from the bar by Desèze: immediately after the result of the vote, on the sentence to be imposed on Louis; the observations of Tronchet and Lamoignon Malesherbes, his defence counsel; the Will of Louis XVI; and finally an account of the twenty-four hours preceding his death. Paris: Levigneur, Froullé, 1793. 8vo, VIII–170 pp. Comprising 4 sheets bound in 1 vol. in-8, marbled havana sheepskin, smooth decorated spine, title label in green morocco (contemporary binding).
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 2 of 4 – Nos. 550 to 1084
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Auction time 08/20/2026 at 11:00 AM
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