Anne-Gédéon, Marquis de Pellepore. LA FITTE
Le diable dans un benitier : Et la métamorphose du gazetier cuirassé en mouche, ou Tentative du sieur Receveur, inspecteur de la Police de Paris, Chevalier de St. Louis, pour établir à Londres une Police à l'instar de celle de Paris. , Dédié à Monseigneur le marquis de Castries, Ministre & Secrétaire d'Etat au Département de la Marine, &c. &c. &c / Par Pierre Le Roux, ingénieur des Grand Chemins
Imprimerie Royale|à Paris [1784]|in-8|relié
First edition.
Bound in half black shagreen, second half of the 19th century, with title along the spine. Smooth spine.
A sort of satirical pamphlet denouncing French refugees abroad and particularly in London, who hide from French justice with complete impunity, in the form of a narrative. Interesting historical information, it is also an inflammatory work on justice and freedom.
'Pierre Le Roux' is the Marquis de Pelleport. Cf. Quérard, IV, p. 395, BN, v. 85, col. 960.
Bound in half black shagreen, second half of the 19th century, with title along the spine. Smooth spine.
A sort of satirical pamphlet denouncing French refugees abroad and particularly in London, who hide from French justice with complete impunity, in the form of a narrative. Interesting historical information, it is also an inflammatory work on justice and freedom.
'Pierre Le Roux' is the Marquis de Pelleport. Cf. Quérard, IV, p. 395, BN, v. 85, col. 960.
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