Full Morocco
1797 · London
by de Saint-Sauveur, Jacques Grasset
London: E. Harding, 1797. Full Morocco. Very Good. 8vo. 21 by 14 cm. Title with hand-colored illustration of the Conseil de Cinq-Cent, followed by fifteen hand-colored costume plates of French officialdom. Uncommon in print form, and that includes its prior French issue by Duroy, which was issued a year or two prior to this copy. Bound by Riviere & Sons in full green/brown morocco. Small chip at spine head. Wear at spine base. Sunning of leather, with browning of spine and around joints. First few plates with marginal smoke soiling, and first two plates with edge wear and some brittleness.
(Inventory #: 005315)