Memoirs of C. M. Talleyrand De Perigord Vol. I of the Revolutionary Plutarch
1805. No Edition Stated. 410 pages. Vol. I. Half leather bound to patterned boards, with faded lettering. One large crack down centre of spine, book remains in one piece by binding strings only. B&W frontispiece. Notable brown staining to pages throughout. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name plate to front paste down. Front hinge cracked. Some gutter cracking. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting at corners and some loss to spine ends. Both joints split. Notable scuffing, staining and marking to boards.