Memoirs of the reign of Robespierre / by Helen Maria Williams
1929, First Edition. London : J. Hamilton. Very good library copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Edges somewhat foxed, with some library markings remaining internally. Outside and inside front panels remain only of dust-wrapper, and are edgeworn, slightly dust-dulled and foxed. A well-preserved copy overall. Item #452207
Physical description; 208 pages : illustrations, plates, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; "The work ... appeared originally in 1795, in three volumes, under the title of 'Letters containing a sketch of the politics of France, from the 31st of May, 1793, till the 10th of Thermidor, 28th of July, 1794, and of the scenes which have passed in the prisons of Paris ...' The present publication is about one-half the length of the original work, the parts omitted consisting mainly in military and political details ..." "Introduction, by F. Funck-Brentano," pages 11-21. Subjects; Robespierre, Maximilien (1758-1794). France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
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