DUPORT DU TERTRE, François-Joachim
Histoire des conjurations, conspirations et révolutions célèbres, tant anciennes que modernes. Paris, chez Duchesne, 1754-1760. 10 volumes in-12 (160 x 92 mm) of XIV pp., 1 f.n.c., 411 pp. for volume I ; 2 ff.n.c., 395 pp. for volume II ; 2 ff.n.c., 424 pp., 2 ff.n.c. for volume
III ; 407 pp. for volume IV ; 453 pp. for volume V ; 428 pp, 2 ff.n.c. for volume VI ; 396 pp. for volume VII ; 418 pp. 1 f.n.c. for volume VIII ; 480 pp. for volume IX ; 404 pp. 2 ff.n.c. of bookseller's catalogue for volume X. Marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (period binding).
First edition of this history of conjurations and revolutions from Sardanapalus to those of America. The last two volumes, written by Desormeaux, contain the account of the revolutions in India and the kingdom of Siam. Nice copy.
