New Clarifications on the March 20th Conspiracy

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DELBARE (T.). NOUVEAUX ÉCLAIRCISSEMENTS SUR LA CONSPIRATION DU 20 MARS and on the History of the Hundred Days, drawn from the memoirs of a secretary of BUONAPARTE. Paris, Gide Fils, 1821, octavo format (135 x 204 mm). Half tawny basane binding, smooth spine with gilt ornaments in place of cords, marbled edges (period binding). 360 & 371 pages. RARE FIRST EDITION of this work, which refutes the memoirs of FLEURY DE CHABOULON published in London in 1818 by a fervent anti-Bonapartist. (QUÉRARD, II, 446). Binding worn, one board missing, interior with scattered foxing. Would benefit from professional rebinding.