A Review of the Proceedings at Paris during the last summer, 1791.

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Including an exact and particular account of the memorable events, on the 20th of June, the 14th of July, the 10th of August, and the 2d of September: with Observations and Reflections on the Characters, Principles and Conduct of the most conspicuous persons concerned in promoting the suspension and dethronement of Louis the Sixteenth. Printed in London for E. and T. Williams, No. 13; Strand. viii, 492pp. 1792. The sole edition. James Fennell, 1766-1816, was an English actor, who made his first appearance in 1787 at the Edinburgh theatre. In the summer of 1791 he travelled to Paris during the period when Louis the XVIs powers were suspended by the National Assembly. His original design was to stage a play The Picture of Paris. It went into rehearsal in the winter of 1791, but was never performed. Educated at Eton, and Trinity College Cambridge, and with an early training in law, Fennell was well equipped to offer an important and detailed first-hand account of the momentous events unfolding before him. In 1794 he emigrated to America, publishing An Apology for the Life of James Fennell (Philadelphia, 1814). Post octavo. (8in x 5in). This volume is in excellent condition. It is bound in three quarter calf with matching cloth. No shelf wear. The spine has gilt rulings, titling and ornaments. Text clean throughout save for two short marginal notes and two short marginal lines; all in a very old hand. All edges coloured. This looks to be an early twentieth century rebind when owned by Fritz Ponsonby of the Grenadier Guards (1867 - 1935) who became the first Baron Sysonby, whose the engraved bookplate is on the pastedown and who wrote the definitive three volume history of the Grenadier Guards. A very scarce book. I can only find a single copy for sale on the internet at £605 in the USA. Extra shipping needed outside UK. N° de ref. del artículo 10526

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