Lettres historiques, politiques et critiques sur les evenements, qui se sont passes depuis 1778 jusqu'a présent
Subtitle: Recueillies et publiees. Par un homme de lettres qui n'est d'aucune academie, ni pensionné par aucun roi, republique, visir ou ministre quelconques
Publisher: De l'imprimerie d'un ministre disgracie [i.e. Published by Roux at Mayence [Mainz] and Dufour at Mastricht]
Published: 1788
Place of publication: A Londres [i.e. Maastricht]
Language: fre
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Politics and government; History
Notes: Fictitious imprint. Published by Roux at Mayence and Dufour at Maastricht. Cf. Echeverria.

The "Avis" is signed: M. Le Roux, libraire à Mayence. M. Dufour, libraire à Mastricht.

Edited by the Chevalier de Metternich. Cf. Barbier.

Title page is a cancel. Vol. 1 is the second issue and probably backdated to 1788. Cf. Echeverria.

Metternich originally planned to devote one volume to each year, but that plan was not followed. Cf. Echeverria.

Vol. 1-3 published 1788; v. 4-6 published 1789; v. 7-10 published 1790; v. 11-12 published 1791; v. 13-14 have no printed dates; v. 15-16 published 1792; v. 17-18 published 1794.

Pagination: v. 1: [8], 175, 196-414, [8] p.; v. 2: [8], 384 [i.e. 383], [9] p.; v. 3: [8], 391, [9] p.; v. 4: [10], 386, [2] p. ; v. 5: [8], 380, [12] p.; v. 6: [12], 382, [10] p.; v. 7: [16], 381, [9] p.; v. 8: [16], 385, [9] p.; v. 9: [16], 380, [8] p.; v. 10: [4], 390, [6] p.; v. 11: [2], 392, [6]; v. 12: [2], 384, [10] p.; v. 13: [2], 382, [8] p.; v. 14: [2], 381, [9] p; v. 15: [2], 384, [10] p.; v. 16: [18], 266, [4] p.; v. 17: xvi, 266, [6] p.; v. 18: 32, 376, [12] p.

Pagination for v. 14-18 supplied by Echeverria.

Signatures: v. 1: *⁴ A-2B⁸ 2C² (-2C2) (Z5 missigned Z3); v. 2: pi⁴ A-2A⁸ 2B⁴; v. 3: pi⁴ A-2B⁸; v. 4: pi1 )*(⁴ A-2A⁸ 2B²; v. 5: )*(⁴ A-2A⁸ ²)*(⁴; v. 6: pi² )*(⁴ A-2A ⁸ ²)*(⁴; v. 7: (*)⁸ A-2A⁸ 2B⁴ (-2B4); v. 8: pi⁸ A-2A⁸ 2B⁶ (-2B6) (2B5 verso blank); v. 9: )*(⁸ A-2A⁸ ²(*)²; v. 10: pi² A-2A⁸ 2B⁶; v. 11: pi1 A-2A⁸ 2B⁴ ²)*(⁴ (-2)*(4); v. 12: pi1 A-2A⁸ *⁶ (-*6) (H3 missigned G4; *5 verso blank); v. 13: pi² (-pi2) A-2A⁸ (-2A8) 2B⁴ (2B4 verso blank)

Errata: v. 1: p. 414; v. 2: p. [9], 3rd group; v. 3: p. [7], 1st group; v. 4: p. [1], 3rd group; v. 5: p. [11], 3rd group; v. 6: p. [10], 3rd group; v. 7: p. [8-9], 3rd group; v. 8: p. [8], 3rd group; v. 9: p. [8], 3rd group; v. 10: p. [3-4], 1st grouping (corrigenda and errata); v. 11: p. [6], 3rd group; v. 12: p. [8-9], 3rd group; v. 13: p. [7], 3rd group.

Title page in vol. 1 has engraved ornament; head and tail pieces; initials.

Echeverria & Wilkie.  French Image, 787/54.

Barbier, A. A. Ouvrages anonymes, II, 10290.

English short title catalogue (RLIN) T139684.