BAILLEUL (J. Ch.). A Critical Review of the Posthumous Work - Lot 85

BAILLEUL (J. Ch.). A Critical Review of the Posthumous Work by Baroness de Staël, Entitled: Reflections on the Principal Events of the French Revolution. Paris, Antoine Bailleul, 1818. 2 volumes in-8, fawn half-basane, smooth spine with decorative lettering, green title labels and red volume numbers, edges speckled with red (contemporary binding). First edition of the magnum opus by Jacques-Charles Bailleul, a member of the Convention born near Le Havre. This critique of the book by Germaine de Staël, daughter of Necker, a banker and minister under Louis XVI, provides interesting insights into the Revolution and its key figures, the king’s trial, political fanaticism during the Reign of Terror, as well as details about Bonaparte, his journey to Egypt, and his exile. (Tourneux, no. 115.) Appended to the end of Volume I of the same work is a 48-page pamphlet titled *Sur les royalistes* by Viscount de Chateaubriand (1818). Minor tear on one hinge.

Estimate:£333.86

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