DURUY, GEORGE (ED) - Memoirs of Barras: Member of the Directorate (Four Volumes, Complete)

NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1895. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full cream cloth, gilt lettering and vicomte coronet decoration, gilt, on spine, gilt lettering and coat-of-arms medallion, gilt and blue, on covers, t.e.g, fore-edges deckle. cii, 424; xxi, 610; xlii, 591; xxxix, 617 pp. Illustrated with seven portraits in photogravure, two facsimiles, and two Plans. Edited, with a general Introduction, Prefaces and Appendices by George Duruy. Translated from the French by C. E. Roche. Volume One: The Ancient Regime and The Revolution; Volume Two: The Directorate up to the 18th Fructidor; Volume Three: The Directorate from the 18th Fructidor to the 18th Brumaire; Volume Four: The Consulate, The Empire, The Restoration, and Analytical Index. Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras (1755 – 1829) was a leader of the French Revolution, the main executive officer during the Directorate, and the man largely responsible for the rise of Napoleon, as well as for his marriage to Josephine. Spines uniformely sunned, boards moderately soiled, slightly cocked, former owner's name neatly stamped on fep of volume one only, otherwise unmarked, tight and clean. VERY GOOD. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .

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