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362 - BASTILLE ] *Remarks on the Bastille*: this title brings toge…
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Estimate €100 - €200
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BASTILLE ] *Remarks on the Bastille*: this title brings together three works (size 21x12.5): *Historical Remarks on the Bastille*; *Its Demolition*; and *The Revolutions in Paris in July 1789*. Containing a wealth of interesting and little-known anecdotes. London, 1789, 199 pp., with a plan of the Bastille. Followed by: The Revolutions in Paris, dedicated to the Nation, 12 July – 8 August 1789, followed by *The Language of Walls*, or *The Dungeons of the Bastille Revealing their Secrets* by Mauclerc (de Chalon). (Author of the text, without a title page, Paris, published by Lefevre, bookseller, 181 Rue de la Harpe, on the corner of Rue de la Poupée. Printed by Ve. Hérissant, Rue Neuve-N.-D., 1789.) 8 pp., 137 pp. in total. Followed by: ?Servan Antoine-Joseph-Michel, A Defence of the Bastille. In response to Mr Linguet’s memoirs on the Bastille. With political, philosophical and literary notes, which bear only the slightest possible relation to the text. By a man in the countryside.? Philadelphia, [in fact Lausanne], 1784, vj-[6]-231 pp. Half-basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleurons, red title label, marbled edges
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About the sale Original comic strips and comic books, antique and modern books – Afternoon sale at 2 pm
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Auction time 09/09/2026 at 2:00 PM
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