[MAISTRE, Xavier de]
Journey around my room
Turin [Lausanne], 1794 [1795]
THE BREVIARY OF THE ANTI-MODERNS.
A PLEASANT COPY, BOUND IN THE PERIOD, OF XAVIER DE MAISTRE'S FIRST BOOK AND MASTERPIECE
ORIGINAL EDITION In-12 (153 x 90 mm)
COLLATION : A-H12 (without H12 blank) : 188 pp. and (1) f.
CONTENTS : A1r : title, A2r : text, H11r : errata
BINDING OF THE TIME. Long-grained green morocco spine and corners, spine decorated with gilt fillets, yellow edges
Some wear to the binding
The work was actually published in 1795, without the author's knowledge and at the expense of his brother Joseph de Maistre, then a refugee in Lausanne.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Clouzot, p. 193