[FRENCH REVOLUTION]. M. [CHARLES ALEXANDRE] DE CALONNE, MINISTRE D'ETAT. Requête Au Roi. Addressée à Sa Majesté, N.p.: 1787 [London: T. Spilsbury?]. 4to. 2 Parts in 1, large paper copy. Blank, title leaf, [1]-131,[1],[1]-76, blank. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt-decorated flat spine with label, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Leather moderately worn, rubbed along front joint, interior in very good condition. Armorial bookplate and name sticker of Raymond Clavreuil, Paris. Calonne's defense of his attempts to resolve the finances of France. He failed and was dismissed and sent into exile. Part II is his "Eclaircissemens et Pièces Justificatives." Estimate $250-350
PROVENANCE: Estate of Ambassador and Mrs. William H.G. FitzGerald, Washington, DC, by descent from Ignaz Petschek and Nikodem Caro, Austro-Hungarian Empire.
