[History] Set of 5 bound volumes: - Lot 351

[History] Set of 5 bound volumes: - LAYA. Historical Studies on the Private, Political, and Literary Life of M. A. THIERS. A History of Fifteen Years: 1830–1846. 1846, 2 bound volumes, original brown cover preserved. Two frontispieces engraved by Daubigny (Thiers’s home and study), with additional engravings. Bound together with: “Le Cabinet de M. Thiers” by Ch. Blanc (1871) and “Thiers as a Law Student: His Relations with the Academy of Aix” (1900). / - PROYART. Louis XVI Dethroned Before Becoming King, or An Overview of the Causes Leading to the French Revolution and the Shaking of All Thrones. An integral part of a Life of Louis XVI to follow. London, 1800, full sheepskin binding, corners worn. / - The Benefits of Louis XVI, a treatise written before 1787, the publication of which he had forbidden: preceded by a preface relevant to current circumstances and explaining the origin of this work, followed by a letter (...), and finally accompanied by a letter written to the Queen, on June 25, 1791, upon his arrival in Paris after his return from Varennes—a letter whose principles will be adopted by all sovereigns when they wish for humanity to cease conspiring against the thrones. Sent to the National Convention to be appended to Louis XVI’s first defense. Paris, Cuchet, 1793, worn binding, crude repairs to the spine, first edition. Bound together with: “Letter to the Author of *L’Ami des Loix* [Laya] Regarding a Decree by the Commune That Suspended His Play.” / - by PRADT. History of the Embassy in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in 1812. 1815 (4th edition), worn binding. Appraiser: Cabinet Valleriaux contact@valleriaux.com