MONTLOSIER (François Dominique de REYNAUD, comte de). On the origin, nature and progress of ecclesiastical power in France. Paris, Ladvocat, 1829. In-8 red half-maroquin, spine with ornate faux nerfs, gilt title (S. Nicolas). Some brown spots. A fine copy. Handwritten bookplate J. Chauveau.

Reunion of 7 important 19th century works on the Restoration: 1. MONTLOSIER (François-Dominique Reynaud, Comte de). Mémoire à consulter sur un système religieux et politique, tendant à renverser la religion, la société et le trône. Fourth edition. Paris, Ambroise Dupont et Roret, 1826. One volume. 12 by 20 cm. (4)-339 pages. Contemporary dark green half-basane, spine decorated with cold patterns. Some foxing. 4th edition, published the same year as the original. A famous indictment of the Jesuits. 2. CAUCHOIS-LEMAIRE (L.-Aug.-Fr.) and GUYET: Appel à l'opinion publique et aux états-généraux du royaume des Pays-Bas, en faveur des proscrits français, contre leurs proscripteurs; par MM. Cauchois-Lemaire et Guyet, domiciliés pendant dix-sept mois, à Bruxelles, sous la garantie de l'article IV de la Loi fondamentale; exilés, le 24 mai 1817, en vertu d'une lettre de cachet lancée par M. le Comte de Thiennes, Ministre d'État. The Hague, Imprimerie Belgique, 1817. One volume. 12 by 19.5 cm. 287 pages. Modern bradel boards. Paper slightly foxed, else a good copy. First edition. "Journalist and pamphleteer, [Cauchois-Lemaire] was famous for the struggle he waged against the Restoration government in the Nain jaune, suppressed as early as 1815 and replaced by the Fantaisies and the Journal des arts et de la politique, which had the same fate, then the Nain jaune réfugié and the Vrai libéral published in Brussels." (Vapereau, Dict. des littérateurs p. 307). After a ruling by the Brussels correctional court, he was expelled by the Belgian government. Taking refuge in The Hague, he and another outlaw, Guyet, published this manifesto, for which he was again expelled. 3. Procès de la souscription nationale, jugé par la cour d'assises de Paris, le 1er juillet 1820 ; avec les réquisitoires officiels du ministère public, les plaidoiries entières de Messieurs les avocats, la réplique de Me Dupin, et tous les autres documens historiques et authentiques sur cette affaire ; recueillis par deux membres du barreau de Paris. Paris, Baudouin Frères et Delaunay, 1820. One volume. 12 by 20 cm. (4)-III-(1)-387 pages. Modern bradel boards. Some foxing. First edition. "On March 26, 1820, a law was passed which, in certain cases, allowed citizens to be detained without trial: it was one of those laws which have been called laws of exception. Several citizens, struck by the individual misfortunes that this law seemed likely to bring, proposed opening a national subscription in favor of citizens who would be victims of this exceptional measure on individual liberty. This was the title of the prospectus they had printed. It bore the signatures of Messrs Laffitte, Lafayette, d'Argenson, Kératry, Manuel, Casimir Périer, Benjamin Constant, General Pajol, Gévaudan, Etienne, Odilon Barrot, Mérilhou, Joly (de Saint-Quentin), Dupont (de l'Eure) and Chauvelin [...]." The Ministry, which feared for its law the effect of the subscription, had the authors prosecuted. " 4. [CHATELAIN (René-Théophile)]: Voyage d'un étranger en France, pendant les mois de novembre et décembre 1816. Third edition. Paris, L'Huillier et Delaunay, 1817. One volume. 12.5 by 20 cm. Pages [3] to 175. Contemporary half brown basane. Binding rubbed. Scattered foxing. False title missing. 3rd edition, published the same year as the original. Quérard II-p. 157. "The author dramatizes the Gothic pretensions of the gentlemen encrusted with feudalism who dominated at the time." 5. TIREL (Louis): La république dans les carrosses du roi. Triumph without combat. Curation of the civil list and the private domain. Scenes from the 1848 revolution. Paris, Garnier Frères, September 1850. One volume. 13.5 by 21.5 cm. 239-(1) pages. Modern bradel boards, covers preserved. Some foxing. First edition. "The author was, at the time of the Revolution, comptroller of the King's crews. His book has the tone of a violent pamphlet, and yet, it is useful to consult for the history of the fighting that took place, on the morning of the 24th, around the Tuileries." (Crémieux). 6. MARTIGNAC (Jean-Baptiste-Sylvère de Gaye, Vicomte de): Défense et réplique pour M. le Prince Jules de Polignac, prononcées devant la Cour des Pairs. Second edition. Paris, Imprimerie et Fonderie de J. Pinard, 1831. One volume. 14 by 23 cm. (4)-220 pp. + 3 folded h.t. facsimiles. Contemporary half basane, red title page. Freckles on book 8. 2nd edition (E.O.: 1830) Defense of Charles X's last head of government, promoter of the ordinances of July 26, 1830, which triggered the 1830 Revolution. 7. MARCELLUS (Marie Louis Jean André Charles Demartin du Tyrac, Comte de): Politique de la Restauration en 1822 et 1823. Paris, Jacques Lecoffre et Cie, 1853. One volume. 14 by 22.5 cm. (4)-363-(1) pages. Paperback, under cover