[FIEVÉE, Joseph]. La Dot de Suzette, or Histoire de Mme de S - Lot 92

[FIEVÉE, Joseph]. La Dot de Suzette, or Histoire de Mme de Senneterre, racontée par elle-même. Very rare first edition of this famous political novel, published anonymously by Joseph Fievée at the very end of the 18th century. Paris, Maradan, An sixième (1798). In-16, full porphyre calf, smooth spine decorated with compartmented fleurons, gilt title on green leather, guilloche headpieces, gold fillet at the edges, speckled edges. Contemporary binding. XII and 222 pp. 1 frontispiece. First cover very slightly distorted, very rare foxing. Anonymous first edition, "very rare" according to Escoffier, with an intaglio frontispiece of Suzette imploring Madame de Senneterre. This novel, recounting the thwarted love affairs of a young commoner during the French Revolution, was a great success when it was published. It was written clandestinely under the Directoire by Joseph Fiévée (1767-1839), a journalist and later secret agent under the Empire. [Barbier, I, 1114; Escoffier, n°88] A delightful copy.