NECKER (Jacques). OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. - Lot 165

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NECKER (Jacques). OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. - Lot 165
NECKER (Jacques). OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. S.l. (Geneva ?), n.n., 1796. 4 volumes in-8 of 7-303-[1] ; [4]-349-[1] ; [4]-352-[1] ; [4]-339-[1] pages, marbled basane, smooth spine, red edges (pastiche of old binding signed M. G. Boulanger). First edition in which Necker, then exiled in Switzerland, warns and predicts the fall of the Constitution. In the last volume he quotes at length the example of America, "a vast democratic republic" and also exposes his philosophical reflections on equality. ONE OF THE VERY RARE DELUXE COPIES, PRINTED ON EXTRA STRONG BLUE PAPER. FROM THE DE BROGLIE LIBRARY (bookplate by Desnoyers) and monogrammed ex-libris A.R.
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