Citizen Genet, Diplomat & Inventor

by Greville Bathe

$65 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

First edition · Signed

Philadelphia, PA : Press of Allen, Lane & Scott , 1946. First edition, limited . 4to. 55 pp. Illustrated, plates. Biographical sketch of Edmund Charles Genet 1763-1834 , French ambassador to the United States, 1793-1794, who was given political asylum despite participating in damaging intrigues against his host country, living out his years in New York, marrying George Clinton's daughter, and working as an inventor. Inscribed by the author on the front

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