first edition Full Leather
1799 · Paris
by J[oseph] F[ievee]
Paris: P. Plassan, 1799. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. The 3 volume set in contemporary mottled calf, with gilt decorative fillets to the perimeter of the boards; lacking 2 of the back labels. An engraved frontispiece present in each volume; attractive marbled endpapers and the armorial bookplate of William Dickinson, Esq. Fievee was a Parisian journalist, editing the newpaper La Chronique de Paris during the French Revolution; Frederic, his second novel, was published L'An VII de la Republique. Very Good binding. (Inventory #: 271842)