Memoires D'un Pretre Regicide. 2 volume set.

Denis Alexandre Martin; Simon Edme Monnel; Antoine Christophe Merlin; Simon Edme Monnel; Antoine Christophe Merlin

Paris, Charles Mary, 1829.

2 volumes. 445; 464pp, tables, fold fasc. Octavo. Quarter contemporary calf gilt over marbled boards, raised bands, brown spine labels, page ends washed red. Old ink numbers to title page, stamp verso. Foxing and browning to text.

A biographical sketch of former members of the National Council from the early days of the French Revolution, the trial and execution of King Louis XVI, to the death of Louis XVII in the Temple Prison.