A short account of the character and reign of Louis XVI
Subtitle: shewing how little he deserved, from his ungrateful people, the fame of tyrant. To which he is subjoined a corrected translation of his last will
Contributors: Downes, J. (Joseph), -1830, bookseller; Boston Public Library
Publisher: printed for J. Downes, no.240, Strand
Published: 1793
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 28
Subjects: Politics and government; Monarchy; Translations into English; Will; Sources; Early works to 1800; Biography; History
Notes: Supposed author: Robert Nares.

Signatures: [pi1] B-D́þ E℗ø.

BM, v. 145, p. 66

Text in English, with portions translated from the original French.

Catalogued 20160126 bhealy

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy included in a "bound-with" volume of works on the French Revolution. Copy quarter-bound in marbled papers and tan leather over boards. Spine title in gilt over red leather square. Spine includes decorative device of the Boston Public Library in gilt near tail. Front pastedown includes ex libris (bookplate) of the Boston Public Library (featuring the seal of the city of Boston), including accession number, shelf number, and accession date in (faded to brown) black ink script. Front matter includes collective title page, bearing the seal of the city of Boston at its head, with "Pamphlets. French Revolution" in black ink script. Leaf following collective title page bears shelf number, accession number, and accession date in pencil. Copy itself printed on antique laid papers featuring vertical chainlines & horizontal wire lines. Rear pastedown includes partial remnants of affixed library due date label, & blue ink stamp of the Boston Public Library Bindery (dated "OCT 8 1881") at head-/fore-edge.

Bound with : Recherches et r©♭flexions nouvelles sur la convocation & la composition des Etats-G©♭n©♭raux. [1789?]