BACHAUMONT, [Louis Petit]. Secret Memoirs to serve the history of the Republic of Letters in France, since MDCCLXII until our days; or Journal of an observer, Containing the Analyses of the Pieces of Theater which appeared during this interval; the Relations of the Literary Assemblies; the Notices of the new, clandestine, prohibited Books; the fugitive Pieces, rare or manuscript, in prose or in verse; the Vaudevilles on the Court; the Anecdotes & Good Words; the Eulogies of the Savans, of the Artists, of the dead Men of Letters, &c. London: John Adamson, 1780-1789. Partly first edition, 36 volumes in-12. Modest worn period binding in brown half calf; many defects. Numerous references to aerostatic experiments are scattered throughout this work.
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