[ROSNY (Joseph de)]. The Secret History of a Six-Pound Écu; - Lot 177

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[ROSNY (Joseph de)]. The Secret History of a Six-Pound Écu; - Lot 177
[ROSNY (Joseph de)]. The Secret History of a Six-Pound Écu; Transformed into a Five-Franc Coin; Describing Its Origin and Entry into the World Under Louis XIV; Its Adventures Under Louis XV and Louis XVI; Its Misfortunes and Exile During the Reign of Terror; its emigration and burial under Robespierre; its resurrection and metamorphosis under Bonaparte’s Consulate. Paris, Published by Frechet & Co., Booksellers, & Printed by Hocquet & Co., Year XII (1804). In-12, red half-maroquin, ribbed spine, untrimmed (mid-19th-century binding). pp. FIRST EDITION of this work written “by the author of *Le Péruvien à Paris*.” One engraved metal plate as a frontispiece. Text printed on blue-tinged laid paper. From the Jules de Termes library, with bookplate. Title page with restored margins. Barbier, II, 830.
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