French Pamphlets: [Charpentier & Manuel (Louis Pierre)] ...

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French Pamphlets: [Charpentier & Manuel (Louis Pierre)] La Bastille Devoilee, ou Recueil de Pieces Authentiques pour servir a son Histoire, 8vo Paris 1789. Hf. title, 126pp; Bound with, Troisieme livraison, hf. title, lg. fold. Plan of Bastille, 159pp; Bound with, Quatrieme Livraison, hf. title, 155pp. Full cont. mottled calf, joints cracked, gilt spine in panels, lacks labels. Very Rare. (1)

* This a primary source, published at the onset of the French Revolution and is a crucial work to understand the political climate that led to the downfall of the famous prison as a symbol of Royal Tyranny. 

Provenance: "Ex. Libris Marjou," printer, etc. in Paris: with his bookplate.