[REVOLUTION] PELTIER, M. History of the Revolution of August - Lot 272

[REVOLUTION] PELTIER, M. History of the Revolution of August 10, 1792, the Causes That Led to It, the Events That Preceded It, and the Crimes That Followed It. London, n.p., 1795 2 in-8 volumes, each bound in marbled brown sheepskin, with smooth, richly decorated spines, title and volume number labels in red leather, guilloché-patterned edges and caps, red edges. 1 f.n.ch. (preface), VIII, 1 blank folio (title page), and 424 pp.; 2 blank folios and 539 pp. Some normal scuffing, slight leather wear on the binding of the first volume, rare foxing, and some water stains on the margins. Without the portraits of Louis XVI and Louis XVIII. First edition under this title of this counterrevolutionary pamphlet by Jean-Gabriel Peltier (1760–1825), a royalist journalist forced into exile in England. He vigorously revisits the origins of the insurrection, the overthrow of Louis XVI, and the violence that marked the Reign of Terror. On the verso of the title page of the second volume, a handwritten note in awkward handwriting reads: “Je vous desir [sic] Esther...”. In good condition.