LANJUINAIS, Joseph.

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Supplément a L'espion Anglois, ou Lettres intéressantes sur la retraite de M. Necker, sur le sort de la France et de l'Angleterre, et sur la détention de M. Linguet à la Bastille, adressées à Mylord All' Eye, par l'auteur de l'Espion anglois. First edition of Lanjuinais's "supplement" to L'espion Anglois, the subsequent fifth volume of which disavowed him as the author. Despite this, its commentary on Necker's retirement, and on the imprisonment of Linguet in the Bastille for his attack on the duc de Duras, make it of interest.Bound with: BERGASSE, Nicolas. Lettre de M. Bergasse sur les Etates-Generaux, 1789. Variant editions are known, of unknown priority. Bergasse was elected deputy of the Estates-General in 1789 and became an important figure of the Monarchiens party. And: ANNE-PIERRE, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac.Correspondance du Général Montesquiou. Avec les Ministres et les Généraux de la République, pendant la campagne de Savoie et la négociation. avec Genève, en 1792. Paris: Chez Du Pont, 1796. First edition of the general's memoirs, covering his successful invasion of Savoy.

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