" Famous Memoirs Of Mr Caron De Beaumarchais, Beautiful Edition In 2 Vol. In8 Full Calf From 1775"
These famous Memoirs of Caron de Beaumarchais, a prelude to the French Revolution, relate the quarrels between members of the nobility... A fine testimony to the conflicts between people close to the Royal entourage, the publication of which would later be noted as devastating to the opinion of the French.... A fine copy in blond monked calfskin, smooth spines decorated with gilt irons, titles and volume numbers in red and almond green morocco, covers framed with gilt fillets, marbled endpapers, red edges; a fine ornamented frontispiece with the obelisk of glory surrounded by medallions and a pretty framed portrait of the author (Paris 1775), without publisher's name