Principaux Evenemens de la Revolution, et Notamment de la Semaine Memorable, Representes par Douze Figures en taille-douce, Tres-bien executees. Avec un Precis Historique.

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Paris: s.n., 1794. iv, 187 pp. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. [1794] Marbled boards with quarter leather spine, gilt titling to spine, ruling in gilt, and tooling in blind; all edges marbled. Illustrated with twelve engravings. Rubbing to spine ends, boards, and corners. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown with removal scar from another bookplate on recto of free front endpaper and tiny pink stamp (GL) at bottom corner of verso. Occasional light foxing scattered throughout. Light dampstain without wrinkling to fore edge of final pages. Number stamp to bottom corner of blank page facing rear endpaper, with minor notation in purple on recto of rear free endpaper. Binding firm. Written by the French novelist Ducray-Duminil, this scarce first-hand account of the events of the French Revolution were written as they occured in 1789, and is accompanied by twelve engravings. This particular copy was previously owned by, and bears the bookplate of Samson B. Knoll, an Austrian-born and German-educated historian who was friends with Mildred Harnack, the American historian and German Resistance fighter who was the only American woman condemned to death by Hitler. His bookplate was designed by the Flemish artist Frans Masereel. . Hard Cover. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 626478

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