SAINT-CLAIR (Ch.-F., baron de). Revelations on the assassina - Lot 76

SAINT-CLAIR (Ch.-F., baron de). Revelations on the assassination of the Duc de Berry. Paris, Chez les Marchands de nouveautés, 1830, in-8°, long-grained green morocco, gilded filets and roulette around the boards, arms in the center, on the first board stamped in gilded letters "À son altesse royale Madame la duchesse de Berry", smooth spine decorated with a fleur-de-lys repeated several times, gilded edges (period binding). Collation: 1 f. title page, 1 f. title page, 126 pp. FIRST EDITION. Saint-Clair belonged to ultra-royalist circles that refused to believe the theory that Louvel (1783-1820) was the lone assassin, prompting investigators to look for accomplices. They raged against the President of the Council, Élie Decazes, whose liberal policies were considered to be primarily responsible for the situation. A present copy bearing the coat of arms of the Duchesse de Berry (1798-1870). She married Charles-Ferdinand, Duc de Berry (1778-1820), son of the future Charles X, in 1816. The couple had a daughter, Louise, and a posthumous son, Henri, Duc de Bordeaux, then Comte de Chambord. The iron stamped on the plates is unknown to Olivier (pl. 2554). The volume shows some spotting and wear. Dimensions: 205 x 129 mm. Provenance: Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Siciles, duchesse de Berry. Not included in the catalog of her 1837 sale. Malandain (G.), L'Introuvable Complot. Attentat, enquête et rumeur dans la France de la Restauration, EHESS, coll. "En temps et dieux", 2011; Galantaris (Chr.), "La duchesse de Berry et la passion des livres", in Entre cour et jardin, musée de l'Ile-de-France, Sceaux, 2007, pp. 86-96.