89
Vie de Jeanne de S
t. Remy de Valois Cont
sse de la Motte.
2 v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 15, unnumbered [Vie de la Comtesse de la Motte, 2 v 8vo, see Book of Kings].
LA MOTTE,
Jeanne de Saint Remy de Valois, comtesse de.
Vie de Jeanne de St. Remy de Valois, ci-devant Comtesse de La Motte . . . avec plusieurs particularités ultérieures, propres à éclaircir les transactions mystérieuses relatives au Collier de
Diamans, a son emprisonnement, & à son evasion presque miraculeuse, &c., &c.; & sa Requête à l’Assemblée Nationale, à l’Effet
d’obtenir une Révision de son Procès. Écrite par elle-même. Tome Premier [-Second].
Deuxieme Edition.
A
Paris: chez
Garnéry, l’An Premier de la République Française. [
1793.]
DC137.5.L3A2
2 vol. 8vo. vol. I, 234 leaves; vol. II, 216 leaves.
Quérard IV, page 510.
Tourneux 21153.
Hayn 146.
These two volumes form vol. III and IV of Jefferson’s
Book of Kings
, see no. 411.
Jefferson was in Paris at the time of the imprisonment of the Cardinal de Rohan for his connection with the affair of the
Diamond Necklace and several times mentioned it in his correspondence. For an account of this, and Jefferson’s pamphlets on
the subject, see chapter 23.
Jeanne de Saint Remy de Valois, Comtesse de la Motte, 1756-1791, French adventuress. The first edition of this work which contains her version of the affair
of the Diamond Necklace, was printed in London in 1791, and, according to Tourneux, was bought up by de Laporte, intendant
de la Liste civile, and burnt on the 26 May, 1792, with the exception of one copy which escaped destruction.
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90
Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 14. no. 45, Sketches of the history of France, by an American, 12mo.
Sketches of the History of France, from the earliest historical accounts, to the present time--1806: with some remarks concerning
the life and achievments
[
sic
] of the celebrated Napoleon Bonaparte, now Emperor of France. By an American . . .
Richmond: Printed by
Seaton Grantland,
February--1806.
DC39.S63
12mo. 52 leaves: [ ]
6, B-H
6, I
4.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Not in Sabin.
Not in the Richmond Library Catalogue.
Not in the Virginia State Library Catalogue.
Jefferson’s copy was bound by John March, on April 26, 1806, in calf, gilt, cost .75.
Contains references to the American Revolution and the affairs of the United States.
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91
Impartial history of the revolution in France.
2. v. in 1.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 10. no. 106b, as above, omitting
2. v. in 1.
[RABAUT SAINT ÉTIENNE,
Jean Paul.]
An Impartial History of the late Revolution in France, from its Commencement to the Death of the Queen, and the Execution
of the Deputies of the Gironde Party. In
Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II]. [Translated by James White.]
Philadelphia: Printed for
M. Carey,
July 17, 1794.
DC161.I34
