66 - AN INTERESTING WORK CONCERNING THE ARREST OF KING LOUIS XVI AND THE ROYAL FAMILY AT VARENNES ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 21–22, 1791.

AN INTERESTING WORK CONCERNING THE ARREST OF KING LOUIS XVI AND THE ROYAL FAMILY AT VARENNES ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 21–22, 1791. A work entirely handwritten in brown ink, large folio size, bound in full brown vellum with gilt fillet borders; the spine is flat with a brown morocco title label reading “Varennes,” comprising three volumes: - Book 1. History of the King’s Arrest as recounted by the Jacobins of Sainte-Ménéhould, Clermont-et-Varennes-en-Argonne. - Book 2. Historical Accounts of the King’s Arrest, supported by reports presented to the National Assembly by Mangin, a surgeon in Varennes; Romeuf, aide-de-camp to Mr. Delafayette; Drouet, postmaster in Sainte-Ménéhould; Messrs. Barnave, Pétion, Latour-Maubourg, and Muguet, deputies. - Book 3. Publication of the Jacobin legislation decreed by the National Assembly concerning the King’s arrest, or the King’s arrest justified by the legislation of the National Assembly. The binding has been reworked and restored. Late 18th century, circa 1791.