Mémoires autographes de M. le prince de Montbaray . ministre secrétaire d'état au Département de la guerre sous Louis XVI ... avec un Fac simile de son écriture, contenant le portrait moral de M.gr le Comte d'Artois, aujourd'hui S.M.Charles X.
Prince Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint Mauris, prince de Montbarey (1732-1796)
Category
Books
Date
1826
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Carlyle's House, London
NT 3066717
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v.. Lacks v.3; both vols. 1 and 2 have inscribed on flyleaf: "T.Carlyle. Chelsea, 1856 - [from E.Fitzgerald]" - Both vols. extensively annotated with many comments addressed to the author, e.g. (v.1, p.235) "You nasty old goat, can't you at least hold your tongue!". Provenance: Bookplate: Thomas Carlyle. Binding: in printed paper covers, with handwritten spine labels in TC's hand; in modern solander boxes.
Makers and roles
Prince Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint Mauris, prince de Montbarey (1732-1796)