The "affair Of The Necklace" By Abbé Georgel In 6 Volumes, Octavo: Memoirs To Serve History, Ed. Or

Rare and beautiful "First Edition of this famous Affair of the Necklace, in a magnificent copy of these fine volumes in octavo; full blond calfskin, smooth spines decorated with rich gilt tooling, titles and volume numbers in green morocco, marbled endpapers, yellow edges, Ex-Libris of Mathieu-Bataille; printed in Paris by Alexis Eymery, Bookseller, rue Mazarine, No. 30, & Delaunay, at the Palais Royal. 1817. "Memoirs to serve as a History of the Events of the end of the Eighteenth Century," by an impartial contemporary: the late Abbé Georgel, Jesuit, Former Secretary of the Embassy and Chargé d'Affaires of France in Vienna, Vicar General of the Bishopric of Strasbourg and Vicar-General of the Grand Almonry of France under Prince Louis de Rohan, Cardinal-Bishop of Strasbourg, &s.... Published by M. Geogel, Former Advocate at the Parliament of Nancy, the Court of Trier, and the Court of Cassation; Nephew and Heir of the Author. With the large, colorful, folding engraving of the "Famous Necklace," highlighted in pale blue for the knots, which defied the chronicles at the end of the 18th century; it was a scandal that tarnished the Queen and would later cost her her life...