195 - [THE NECKLACE AFFAIR] An interesting and rare collection of documents relating to the Necklace Affair, all bound in a beautiful quarto volume with a period half-basane binding, with a 5-rib spine; some wear and scuffs; the interior is well-preserved, and certain documents feature handwritten annotations from the period in pen, reflecting the owner’s keen interest in this scandalous affair. The collection includes:

[THE NECKLACE AFFAIR] An interesting and rare collection of documents relating to the Necklace Affair, all bound in a beautiful quarto volume with a period half-basane binding, with a 5-rib spine; some wear and scuffs; the interior is well-preserved, and certain documents feature handwritten annotations from the period in pen, reflecting the owner’s keen interest in this scandalous affair. The collection includes: Memorial on behalf of Louis-René-Edouard de Rohan, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, etc., against the Attorney General Lottin, Paris, 1786, 146 pp. Petition to Parliament, the Assembled Chambers, by Cardinal de Rohan Emmanuel Flon, Paris (currently located in Brussels), 1786, 8 pp. Petition for the Initiation of Proceedings before Parliament, the Assembled Chambers, by Cardinal de Rohan Emmanuel Flon, Paris (and located in Brussels), 1786, 40 pp. Petition by Cardinal de Rohan to the King, undated and unplace, text in two columns, 8 pp. Supporting documents by Cardinal de Rohan, authentic declarations in the English style, no publisher (imprinted at the end: Imprimerie Lottin, 1786); 32 pp. Brief Reflections for Cardinal de Rohan on the Summary by Madame de La Motte, undated (imprinted at the end: Paris, Hardouin and Gattey), 24 pp. Memoir on behalf of the Count of Cagliostro, accused by the Attorney General—acting as prosecutor in the presence of Cardinal de Rohan—against the Countess de La Motte and other co-defendants, no publisher. (Paris, Lottin Press, 1786) 51 pp. Petition to Parliament, the assembled chambers, by the Count of Cagliostro, served on the Attorney General on February 24, 1786, no publisher or date; 7 pp. Petition to be attached to the Count of Cagliostro’s brief, no publisher or place (Lottin Press, 1786) 11 pp. Petition to Parliament, the assembled chambers, by Count Cagliostro, served on the Attorney General on February 24, 1786, 1 folio. Brief on behalf of the Count of Cagliostro, plaintiff against Mr. Chesnon, the son, commissioner at the Châtelet in Paris, and Sieur de Launay, Lottin, Paris, 1786, 37 pp. Petition to the King on behalf of the Count of Cagliostro against Sieur Chesnon, the son [...] and Sieur de Launay, Lottin, Paris, 1787, 72 pp. Important document in the case of the Marquis de Launey, governor of the Bastille, against Sieur Cagliostro, no place or publisher (printed by Grange, 1787) Response to the important document by Monsieur de Launey, governor of the Bastille, on behalf of the Count of Cagliostro, against Monsieur de Launey [...] and Monsieur Chesnon, Jr. Lottin, Paris, 1787, 25 pp. To the King and Our Lords of His Council, no place or date (imprinted by Lottin, February 1787), 8 pp. The Final Piece of the Famous Necklace, no place or date (1787?), 34 pp. Letter from the Count of Cagliostro to the English People as a Follow-up to His Memoirs, no date or place (1787), 78 pp. (1 folio errata) Provenance: Library of Mr. Duval, with a note on the book’s endpaper