Memoirs of the Abbé Edgeworth :

containing his narrative of the last hours of Louis XVI /
by C. Sneyd Edgeworth.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Edgeworth de Firmont, Henry Essex, 1745-1807.
Contributors: Edgeworth, Charles Sneyd, 1786-1864.
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Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : Printed for Rowland Hunter, 1815.
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Notes:On front. portrait: "London. Published May 1, 1815 by R. Hunter, St. Pauls Church Yard"; varies from Lilly copy DC146.E23 M5 1815.

Probably first edition; Allibone I, 542 and Lowndes I, 644 do not describe the frontispiece.

Appendix p. [157]-223 includes "An extract from a manuscript in the British Museum": "Extrait d'un collection de portraits, et medaillons de cheveux de Louis XVI.; de la partie de sa famille, renfermée avec lui dans la tour du temple, et des princes de son august race, réunis dans ce moment en Anglé terre. Londres, 1er septembre, 1812. Ecrit et dessiné à la plume, par le Marquis de Sy": p. [159]-185.

Colophon on verso of p. 223: J. M'Creery, Printer, Black-Horse-Court, London.

Portrait.

Physical description: iv, 223 p., [1] leaf of plates : port ; 21 cm. (8vo)

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AA11908
Main Reading Room
Irish
J 92
Manuscripts Reading Room
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Joly