De la Révolution Française
By: par M. Necker
Contributors: Drisonnier. former owner
Edition: Nouvelle édition. / Avec additions de l'auteur.
Publisher: De l'imprimerie de J. Drisonnier, rue Honoré, no. 94, vis-à-vis le passage S. Roch
Published: 1797
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Subjects: Human rights; Politics and government; History
Notes: First edition printed in the same year by P. Maret in Paris in two volumes in the same year.

"Decret de la Convention nationale concernant les contrefacteurs, rendu le 19 juillet 1793, l'an 2e de la République": verso of half title page of volume 1.

Imprints of volumes 2-4 read: Paris, An. V. (juin, 1797.)

Includes a discussion of the American federal system, comparing it to the British monarchy; also includes a discussions of the rights of man.

Pagination: v. 1: xii, 322, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [4], 368 p.; v. 3: [4], 373, [1] p.; v. 4: [4], 358 p.

Signatures: v. 1: pi⁴ (pi2 verso blank) a² A-V⁸ X²; v. 2: pi² (pi1, pi2 versos blank) A-Z⁸; v. 3: pi² (pi1, pi2 versos blank) A-Z⁸ 2A⁴ (-2A4); v. 4: pi² (pi1, pi2 versos blank) A-Y⁸ Z⁴ (-Z4)

Cf. Martin & Walter. Révolution française, 25700.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: volume 1 has p. [ix]-xii bound before p. [v]-viii.

John Carter Brown Library copy quarter bound in contemporary calf with marbled boards.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Drisonnier: book stamp on verso of half title page of volume 1.