Lot 198
French Revolution.- Thomas Paine.- The French rogue, or extraordinary and surprising adventures of that notorious thief, spy and murderer, J. Baptiste Couteau, alias M. Ragout, alias Dick Hell-Finch, rare, J. Bailey, [c.1808]; and others, similar in 1 vol.
Hammer Price: £400
Description
French Revolution.- Thomas Paine.- The French rogue, or extraordinary and surprising adventures of that notorious thief, spy and murderer, J. Baptiste Couteau, alias M. Ragout, alias Dick Hell-Finch : containing all the scenes of horror he was engaged in, during the whole of the French Revolution; his travels, disguises, dangers, and narrow escapes, in England, Ireland, Turkey, and America; with anecdotes of the notorious Tom Paine Esq., and his associates the Revolutionary Societies, hand-coloured wood-engraved frontispiece, Printed and sold by J. Bailey, 116, Chancery Lane, [c.1808] bound with The Elopement, or, the Imprudent connexion; containing the adventures of Edmund and Letitia, third edition, J. Corry, [c.1810] and 4 other defective similar works, stained, tears, lightly browned, rudimentary binding of later cloth over limp boards, piece missing from foot of spine, 8vo
⁂ I: WorldCat records only one copy of this specific edition (Michigan) and a single copy of an edition printed by S. Bailey in 1808 (BL). II: WorldCat & Library Hub record only one copy (BL); this being the only edition recorded by both.
Description
French Revolution.- Thomas Paine.- The French rogue, or extraordinary and surprising adventures of that notorious thief, spy and murderer, J. Baptiste Couteau, alias M. Ragout, alias Dick Hell-Finch : containing all the scenes of horror he was engaged in, during the whole of the French Revolution; his travels, disguises, dangers, and narrow escapes, in England, Ireland, Turkey, and America; with anecdotes of the notorious Tom Paine Esq., and his associates the Revolutionary Societies, hand-coloured wood-engraved frontispiece, Printed and sold by J. Bailey, 116, Chancery Lane, [c.1808] bound with The Elopement, or, the Imprudent connexion; containing the adventures of Edmund and Letitia, third edition, J. Corry, [c.1810] and 4 other defective similar works, stained, tears, lightly browned, rudimentary binding of later cloth over limp boards, piece missing from foot of spine, 8vo
⁂ I: WorldCat records only one copy of this specific edition (Michigan) and a single copy of an edition printed by S. Bailey in 1808 (BL). II: WorldCat & Library Hub record only one copy (BL); this being the only edition recorded by both.
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