BALLANCHE (Pierre Simon). L'Homme sans nom. Paris,... Lot 162
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[BALLANCHE (Pierre Simon)]. L'Homme sans nom. Paris, P. Didot l'aîné, 1820. In-8, fawn half-calf, smooth spine decorated (period binding).
First edition, printed in an edition of 100 copies on wove paper.
Under cover of a story in which the narrator meets a former member of the National Convention (the man with no name, also known as the Regicide) who comes to confess to him, the author criticizes the French Revolution and delivers an indictment of the death penalty.
Numerous stains, small marginal wetness at the end of the volume. Crack to one spine.
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