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[MÉCHIN, Alexandre Edme, Baron]. Précis de mon voyage et ma mission en italie, dans les années 1798 et 1799; et relation des événemens qui ont eu lieu a viterbe depuis le 27 novembre 1798, jusqu'au 28 décembre suivant.

[Laon]. [Impr. de Melleville], 1808. First edition.
8vo. 92pp. Recent cloth-backed marbled paper boards, calf lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed, chipping to lettering-piece. Bookplate of John Fowles to FEP, title page browned.
The first edition of Alexandre Edme, Baron Méchin's (1772-1849) account of his incarceration in Italy. In July 1798, Méchin was sent to Malta to replace Michel Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély as commissioner of the Executive Directory, however, whilst journeying to his new post he was mobbed during a riot at the town of Viterbo and subsequently arrested. Upon release he returned to Paris.

John Fowles (1926-2005), English novelist, notable works include The Magus (1965) and The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969).
£ 125.00 Antiquates Ref: 23825