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DE LESCURE - Correspondance Secrete Louis XVI 1866

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DE LESCURE, M. Correspondance Secrete inedite sur Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette la cour et la ville de 1777 a 1792 .... Paris: Henri Plon, 1866. 2 vols, octavo. (9 3/16 x 6 1/8 inches). 618; 800pp. Text in French. Contemporary half blue morocco, marble paper boards, spine richly gilt in six compartments. Fine. Complete first edition of this work on the last king of the French monarchy at the height of the revolution. This work contains previously unpublished, or secret, correspondence on Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette written at the height of the French revolution, between 1777 and 1792.

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