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[TALLEYRAND] L'Observateur royaliste, ou Annales destinées à servir à l'histoire

Photo [DELBARE, François Thomas]. 

[DELBARE, François Thomas]. 

L'Observateur royaliste, ou Annales destinées à servir à l'histoire secrète de la Révolution depuis son origine jusqu'à nos jours. 

Paris, Gide fils, 1819.

8vo (216x134 mm),(4)-378 pages and a large colored folding plate.  binding : Contemporary full paper, flat spine. 

Photo [DELBARE, François Thomas]. 

First edition.
Rare royalist gazette adorned with a beautiful plate of political caricature.
This engraving is very inspired by the work of the englishman James Gillray, we will particularly note the use of speech bubbles which only became the norm in France at the end of the 19th century.
Our volume includes the first three issues, only published.
Talleyrand's copy.

provenance: Bookplate Talleyrand, Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838) one of the most famous diplomat of the Empire.

Price : 1500 €

Photo [DELBARE, François Thomas]. 
Photo [DELBARE, François Thomas]. 
Photo [DELBARE, François Thomas]. 
Photo [DELBARE, François Thomas]. 
Photo [DELBARE, François Thomas]. 
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