A Journal of Occurrences at the Temple, during the Confinement of Louis XVI, King of France. By M. Cléry, The King's Valet-de-Chambre. Translated from the original Manuscript by R.C. Dallas, Esq.
London: Printed by Baylis, Greville-Street and Sold by the Author, No. 29, Great Pulteney-Street, Golden Square, 1798.
Price: $450.00
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First edition in English, with half-title. Frontispiece of the Temple, with facsimile at back. [vi], 255, [5] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter brown moroocco, t.e.g. Fine. ESTC T110766.
Item #227413
Cléry was the faithful valet de chambre of Louis XVI during his imprisonment in the Tour du Temple, and thus an intimate witness to the days leading up to 21 January 1793, when Louis XVI was guillotined on the place Royale.
