Correspondance d'un Habitant de Paris, avec ses Amis de Suisse et d'Angleterre sur les Évenemens de 1789, 1790 et jusqu'au 4 avril 1791

by François Louis Escherny, Comte d'

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First edition

1 p.l., v, 474, 2 pp. 8vo, cont. green sheep-backed green boards maroquiné, single gilt fillet round sides, flat spine gilt. Paris: Desenne & Gattey, 1791. First edition of this vivid account of the first years of the French Revolution, written by an intimate of Rousseau and Diderot. Escherny 1733-1815 , a wealthy Swiss nobleman and man of letters, was quite enthusiastic about the Revolution in its early days. Nevertheless, he was obliged to

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