Biographical Memoirs of the French Revolution. Volume one [only]. by Adolphus, John - 1799

London, T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1799, hardcover. Published just at the end of the Revolution 1799, apparently referencing first-hand information. -- Volume 1 contains the following lives: Louis XVI, the Queen, and others; Bailly; Benoit; Brienne; Brissot; Chabot; Condorcet; Danton; Dumouriez; d'Eglantine; La Fayette; Gobet; Henriot. -- Quoted passages are referenced, as are many other details. Descriptions of the king's physical appearance, his execution (his hair was cut and sold), plus allusions to the harmful philosophies of Enlightenment figures [Adolphus was English]. -- Hardcover, 3/4-leather over marbled boards. Condition: good-only (tear to spine leather and wear at edges; spine labels are chipped; several pages are lightly foxed, but most are clear and bright; one page is torn; binding tight).