PARIS - VARENNES - "Pillage of the HÔTEL DE CASTRIES, F.B.G St Germain in Paris, November 13th 1790". Between 1791 and 1804. Etching engraved by Pierre-Gabriel BERTHAULT (1737-1831), after a drawing by Jean-Louis PRIEUR. Vellum paper. Plate nº 46 of the Tableaux historiques de la Révolution française (1791-1804) representing the sacking of the Duc de Castries' hotel, now the Ministry of Relations with the National Assembly, 72 rue de Varenne, now the 7th arrondissement, on November 13, 1790. Small margins. 26 x 31 cm. Condition B (cut at the edge of the copper mark at the bottom right, otherwise good condition).

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