Published by Paris?, 1796
Seller: Lascar Publishing Ltd., Hong Kong, Hong Kong
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition of this Royalist history, in which Montjoie attributes most of the responsibility for the French Revolution to the Duc d'Orlans, that "wicked prince," who was allegedly aided by a group of Masonic conspirators. Binding half leather; spines with gilt-stamped decorative bands and compartment devices, and with gilt-stamped leather title. All page edges stained yellow. 2 vols. only, of 3, 8vo (25 cm, 8"). I: Frontis., [4], xvi, 304 pp. II: [2], 392 pp. Some instances of foxing. Frontispiece engraving slightly damaged. Ancient armorial Ex Libris.