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ANTOINE DE SAINT-GERVAIS (A.). HISTORY OF THE FRENCH EMIGRANTS, from 1789 to 1828. Paris: Hivert, 1828. Three volumes, in-8 ½, bound in Empire green Russian leather, smooth spine divided by gilt fillets, gilt title, straw-colored edges (contemporary binding). Light foxing. FIRST EDITION of one of the earliest histories of counter-revolutionary emigration, from July 1789 until the accession of Charles X, which saw the departure of nearly 140,000 French citizens for foreign lands—TILLY (A. de). MEMOIRS OF COUNT ALEXANDRE DE TILLY to serve as a history of the customs of the late 18th century. Paris, published by Les Marchands de nouveautés, 1828. Three in-8 volumes in tan cardboard binding, smooth spine divided by gilt fillets, title label (contemporary binding). FIRST EDITION of these famous memoirs by one of Marie-Antoinette’s pages. This is one of the most interesting documents on the private life of the aristocracy under Louis XVI—CONDÉ (L.-J. de Bourbon, Prince of). JOURNAL OF THE PRINCE OF CONDÉ’S EMIGRATION, 1789–1795. P., Bloch, 1924. Large quarto, paperback. FIRST EDITION published by the Count of Ribes. 2 PORTRAITS in heliogravure. Limited edition of 400 copies. ONE of the 300 numbered copies on Isère vellum. SET OF 3 VOLUMES.
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