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(Goldsmith, L.). Secret History of the New French Court. In Letters during the Months of August, September, and October 1805. (Vol. 1 of 2). St. Petersburg (= Leipzig, Gräff) 1806. XX, 308 pp. Interim brochure. Hayn-G. V, 329. - "Suppressed in its time by the French authorities. The bookseller Köhler in Leipzig, who had sent several copies of this first edition abroad, was imprisoned for a long time as a result" (Hayn-G.). Vol. 2 published under the title "Secret History of the Court and Cabinet at St. Cloud." - Minor signs of wear, bound in the original. ╔Included: Fauchet, (C.).╗ De la religion nationale. Paris, Bailly et al. 1789. 2 leaves, 300 pp. Contemporary half-leather with gilt lettering and gilt edges (parts slightly rubbed and worn). As constitutional bishop of Calvados and deputy to the Legislative Assembly in 1791, as well as deputy to the Convention in 1793, Fauchet was implicated in the Charlotte Corday affair, was arrested, and guillotined as an accomplice of the Girondists. - Some pages slightly discolored.