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GOUPIL BRISSOT. HISTORICAL ESSAY ON THE LIFE OF...

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[GOUPIL BRISSOT]. HISTORICAL ESSAY ON THE LIFE OF MARIE-ANTOINETTE OF AUSTRIA, Queen of France, to serve in the history of this princess. London, Rome, no name 1789. 2 volumes of [6]-79 and 102 pages, stiff ivory vellum, spine ribbed (later binding) Insulting libel with erotic allusions attributed to Goupil or Brissot who, paid by the Duke of Orleans, would have been imprisoned for writing it. (Barbier II, 274). The reunion of the 2 volumes is rare. One spine stained. FROM ARMAND BASCHET LIBRARIES (cat. 1886 n°507, bookplate) and AMADEI SVAJER (armorial bookplate).