French Revolution.- Gibson (Francis) Memoirs of the Bastile, 100pp. manuscript copy extracted from original work, in contemporary autograph hand, recto and verso, cut engraved frontispiece and plan hand-coloured and laid down, modern half calf, [c.1802] § Renneville (Constantin de) The French Inquisition: or, the History of the Bastille in Paris, the State-Prison in France, first edition in English, variant with "Osborn" in imprint, with final advertisement leaf, armorial bookplate on title verso, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, A.Bell, T.Varnham & J.Osborn..., 1715 § Lyman (Theodore) A Few Weeks in Paris, During the Residence of the Allied Sovereigns in that Metropolis, first American edition, contemporary ink ownership name on title, some spotting, front free endpaper torn with loss, bookplate, original boards, a little rubbed, Boston, Cummings and Hilliard, 1814 § [Cottient (Philipe)] Almanach des Prisons, fourth edition, engraved frontispiece of execution, some ink staining to ff., original printer's waste wrappers, worn, Paris, Chez Michel, [1794]; and 7 others, revolution and other French history, v.s. (12)

⁂ An eclectic mix of works covering the French Revolution, featuring a delicately and painstakingly executed manuscript copy, a rare 19th century first American edition in original boards, and the last featuring a brilliant 18th century frontispiece of decapitated heads surrounding a guillotine.