MAISTRE, Xavier de Lot n° 56

Journey around my room Turin [Lausanne], 1794 [1795] THE BREVIARY OF THE ANTI-MODERNS. A PLEASANT COPY, BOUND IN THE PERIOD, OF XAVIER DE MAISTRE'S FIRST BOOK AND MASTERPIECE ORIGINAL EDITION In-12 (153 x 90 mm) COLLATION : A-H12 (without H12 blank) : 188 pp. and (1) f. CONTENTS : A1r : title, A2r : text, H11r : errata BINDING OF THE TIME. Long-grained green morocco spine and corners, spine decorated with gilt fillets, yellow edges Some wear to the binding The work was actually published in 1795, without the author's knowledge and at the expense of his brother Joseph de Maistre, then a refugee in Lausanne. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Clouzot, p. 193