Null Testament de sa majesté le roi Louis XVI suivi de quelques de ses pensées e…

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Testament de sa majesté le roi Louis XVI suivi de quelques de ses pensées et du récit de sa mort. Printed especially for Mademoiselle Geneviève Boudaud. Copy n°G. Full morocco. (Uncollated, as is).

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Testament de sa majesté le roi Louis XVI suivi de quelques de ses pensées et du récit de sa mort. Printed especially for Mademoiselle Geneviève Boudaud. Copy n°G. Full morocco. (Uncollated, as is).

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