44 - [French Revolution]. The Acts of the Apostles, begun on All Souls’ Day and completed on Candlemas. Paris, n.p., Year of Liberty 0 [1789]. 4 in-8 volumes, paperback, with temporary covers (stained). Water stains, wormholes, and foxing.

[French Revolution]. The Acts of the Apostles, begun on All Souls’ Day and completed on Candlemas. Paris, n.p., Year of Liberty 0 [1789]. 4 in-8 volumes, paperback, with temporary covers (stained). Water stains, wormholes, and foxing. Volume 1: First edition—13-page introduction, nos. 1–30, epilogue (second edition) 32 pp. (frontispiece and prospectus missing). Volume 2: Second edition—frontispiece, introduction (xxiv pp.), explanation of the frontispiece (8 pp.), nos. 31–60, epilogue (second edition) (32 pp.; the last 21 pages in fine handwriting). Pages 17 through 26 of No. XLVI are duplicates. Volume 3: Third edition—introduction 19 pp., explanation of the frontispiece pp. 3–14, nos. 61–90, epilogue (third edition) 40 pp. (the 7-page prospectus and the frontispiece are missing). Volume 4: Fourth edition—frontispiece, introduction 32 pp., explanation of the frontispiece 19 pp. (missing all Nos. 91–120, the news from Saint-Domingue 8 pp., observations on the assignats by Mr. de Montlosier, deputy from Auvergne, 22 pp., the new conspiracy by Mr. Sulteau, 16 pp., and the epilogue, 30 pp.); Fifth edition—title page, introduction 64 pp., nos. 121–150, (missing the dialogue between Dr. Quickly and Mr. Amen: title page & 24 pp., epilogue 34 pp. Very pronounced water stains (purple and black) on the last half of the final volume, severely damaging the last few pages. First edition of one of the most famous royalist newspapers, and among the wittiest and most biting of its time, founded by Peltier. Rivarol, Mirabeau the Younger, Bergasse, Montlosier, Lauraguais, among others, contributed to this publication, which appeared from November 1789 to October 1791, approximately every other day. The “apostles” entered the world of journalism without fanfare; it was only after three or four months that they issued a prospectus, which is why this prospectus is not included in all copies. (Hatin 94–96). As is.