[LOUIS XVI]. Treurig en uitvoerig verhaal der gevangenis en - Lot 201

[LOUIS XVI]. Treurig en uitvoerig verhaal der gevangenis en dood van Lodewyk XVI, koning. Van Frakryk, en zyne doorluchtige gemalinne Maria-Antoinetta. Published in Ghent by Mahne in 1826. In-8, red bradel cardboard, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, boards decorated with gilt framed garlands, all edges gilt. (2) ff, II, 80 pp, XXXXIII. pages. Binding rubbed, small tears to head and corners. Some foxing. Minor annotations to pages 24, 64 and IX. Anti-revolutionary account in Dutch of the arrest, imprisonment and execution of Louis XVI and his wife. At the end of the book is a table summarizing the votes of the various deputies at the King's trial on January 18, 1793, which led to his condemnation. Enriched with an engraved frontispiece of French provenance, showing Louis XVII at prayer, captioned "Je prie Dieu pour mon père" ("I pray to God for my father"). Ex-libris vignette from the library of C.-F.-A. Piron pasted on the flyleaf. Signature "Piron" on certificate of authenticity page. A pleasant work, a perfect witness to the reception of the Revolution abroad.