Lot no. 187 - BIS
187 BIS. CLÉRY (Jean-Baptiste). Journal de ce qui s'est passé à la Tour du Temple pendant la captivité de Louis XVI, roi de France. By M. Cléry, valet de chambre to the King. London, printed by Baylis, sold by the author and the booksellers of London and the main cities of Europe, 1798.
In-8 of [1] f. title, [8] ff. (list of subscribers in English), 239-[1] pp. scraped calf, smooth spine, green title page (contemporary binding).
Edition published in the year of the original, illustrated with 3 engraved plates: a view of the Tour du Temple by Audinet, a plan of the second and third floors of the tower and a facsimile.
Cléry served the King and his family for five months as valet de chambre during their captivity in the Tour du Temple. He then probably fled to London, having connections with the monarchists exiled in England, who must have financed the publication of this work. (Tourneux, 3551.)
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