The Trial Of John Peltier Esq For A Libel Against Napoleon Buonaparte First Consul Of The French

by Napoleon

$250 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter red leather with red cloth panelled spine in gilt, t.e.g., rubbed, small split top of spine, browning of some pages else a fine copy. Item #29795 Peltier was a French Royalist who took shelter in England in 1792. He was tried in the English court in 1803. He was accused of promoting the assassination of Napoleon to which he pleaded, Not Guilty

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