Memoires de m. caron de beaumarchais: ecuyer, conseiller-secretaire du roi, lieutenant-general des chasses au bailliage & capitainerie de la Varenne du Louvre, grande venerie & fauconnerie de France, accuse de corruption de juge, contre M. Goezman, conseiller de grand-chambre au Parlement de Paris, accuse de subornation & de faux, Mme. Goezman, & le sieur Bertrand, accuses, le sieur Marin, gazetier de France, & le sieur Darnaud-Baculard, conseiller d'ambassade, assignes comme temoins.
Paris.
[s.n.], 1775.
499pp, [1].
[Bound with:] BEAUMARCHAIS, [Pierre-Augustin] Caron de. Memoire pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. Paris. [s.n.], 1775. xiv, [1], 16-143pp, [1].
12mo. Contemporary speckled calf, morocco lettering-piece, spine richly gilt. Rubbed, chipping to lettering-piece, loss and worming to head of spine, joints split, boards held by cords only. Marbled endpapers, later bookplates of Roger Senhouse and John Fowles to FEP, inked ownership inscription to title page, occasional light spotting.
[Bound with:] BEAUMARCHAIS, [Pierre-Augustin] Caron de. Memoire pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. Paris. [s.n.], 1775. xiv, [1], 16-143pp, [1].
12mo. Contemporary speckled calf, morocco lettering-piece, spine richly gilt. Rubbed, chipping to lettering-piece, loss and worming to head of spine, joints split, boards held by cords only. Marbled endpapers, later bookplates of Roger Senhouse and John Fowles to FEP, inked ownership inscription to title page, occasional light spotting.
The memoirs of Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799), French polymath, dramatist and political revolutionary. An early French supporter of the American revolution, Beaumarchais is predominantly remembered for his successful lobbying of the French government to supply the revolutionaries with both arms and financial support.
Roger Senhouse (1889-1970), English publisher, translator and member of the Bloomsbury group.
John Fowles (1926-2005), English novelist, whose notable works include The Magus (1965) and The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969).
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Roger Senhouse (1889-1970), English publisher, translator and member of the Bloomsbury group.
John Fowles (1926-2005), English novelist, whose notable works include The Magus (1965) and The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969).
