Biographical Anecdotes Founders of French Republic 1797
"Biographical Anecdotes of the Founders of the French Republic, and of Other Eminent Characters, Who Have Distinguished Themselves in the Progress of the Revolution," anonymous, London Printed, and Dublin re-printed by H. Fitzpatrick, 2, Up. Ormond-Quay, 1797. Complete in one volume, 145 biographical essays. [this anonymous work is often confused with "Biographical Memoirs of the French Revolution" by John Adolphus(1799)].
Marbled hard boards, leather spine and corners [condition: see photos], 4.1/4" x 7"; discarded library book with antique library label inside front cover, the frontispiece Chart is missing, upper blank edge of the title page is cut-off; antique library label on the title page, viii + 328 pages, some soiling and wear, good+ condition.
"The Editor of this volume of Biographical Anecdotes, presents it to the public with some degree of confidence... No Work, embracing the same object, has yet appeared either in this country, or on the Continent: it is therefore obvious, that the collector can have been little indebted to the labours of contemporaries, and may, without presumption, lay claim to public attention on account of the originality of his information.
Though various circumstances, which it is unnecessary to specify, prevent the particular mention of the persons to whom he has been indebted for information, he has the satisfaction to assure his readers, that he has received ample communications from various well-informed foreigners, some of whom have been personally connected with the events which they relate, and from Englishmen, who have resided in France nearly through the whole period of the Revolution. Were he permitted to add their names, they would reflect no small degree of respectability upon his Work. For its authenticity, however, he can confidently vouch; as he has relied, not upon vague rumour, but upon direct information from persons intimately conversant with the facts, and well acquainted with the characters, which are the subject of these Memoirs.
In exhibiting characters now, or lately living, it was impracticable to attempt any distinct classification, or chronological' arrangement; but an attempt has been made to supply, in some measure, this defect, by means of an Alphabetical Table of Contents, and a Chart of the Proscriptions of Parties, prefixed as a frontispiece to the Volume.
It may be necessary to observe, that a few of the Anecdotes which have appeared in the Monthly Magazine, have been inserted in this Volume. Without the republication of these, the present Work would have been incomplete. The greater part of these articles have, however, been enlarged and improved; and about two-thirds of the characters in the Volume are entirely original, and have never appeared before the public in any form.
The dreadful waste of human talents and virtues, and even of human existence, which has accompanied this grand effort for the recovery of political freedom, must fill every benevolent mind with infinite regret. Nor can any thing relieve the painful feelings excited by the first part of this distressing drama, but the trembling hope of a happy termination, in which the VAST PRICE which has been paid for the purchase of liberty, will be abundantly recompensed in the happiness of COUNTLESS MILLIONS yet unborn." [excerpts from the Preface]
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"Biographical Anecdotes of the Founders of the French Republic, and of Other Eminent Characters, Who Have Distinguished Themselves in the Progress of the Revolution," anonymous, London Printed, and Dublin re-printed by H. Fitzpatrick, 2, Up. Ormond-Quay, 1797. Complete in one volume, 145 biographical essays. [this anonymous work is often confused with "Biographical Memoirs of the French Revolution" by John Adolphus(1799)].
Marbled hard boards, leather spine and corners [condition: see photos], 4.1/4" x 7"; discarded library book with antique library label inside front cover, the frontispiece Chart is missing, upper blank edge of the title page is cut-off; antique library label on the title page, viii + 328 pages, some soiling and wear, good+ condition.
"The Editor of this volume of Biographical Anecdotes, presents it to the public with some degree of confidence... No Work, embracing the same object, has yet appeared either in this country, or on the Continent: it is therefore obvious, that the collector can have been little indebted to the labours of contemporaries, and may, without presumption, lay claim to public attention on account of the originality of his information.
Though various circumstances, which it is unnecessary to specify, prevent the particular mention of the persons to whom he has been indebted for information, he has the satisfaction to assure his readers, that he has received ample communications from various well-informed foreigners, some of whom have been personally connected with the events which they relate, and from Englishmen, who have resided in France nearly through the whole period of the Revolution. Were he permitted to add their names, they would reflect no small degree of respectability upon his Work. For its authenticity, however, he can confidently vouch; as he has relied, not upon vague rumour, but upon direct information from persons intimately conversant with the facts, and well acquainted with the characters, which are the subject of these Memoirs.
In exhibiting characters now, or lately living, it was impracticable to attempt any distinct classification, or chronological' arrangement; but an attempt has been made to supply, in some measure, this defect, by means of an Alphabetical Table of Contents, and a Chart of the Proscriptions of Parties, prefixed as a frontispiece to the Volume.
It may be necessary to observe, that a few of the Anecdotes which have appeared in the Monthly Magazine, have been inserted in this Volume. Without the republication of these, the present Work would have been incomplete. The greater part of these articles have, however, been enlarged and improved; and about two-thirds of the characters in the Volume are entirely original, and have never appeared before the public in any form.
The dreadful waste of human talents and virtues, and even of human existence, which has accompanied this grand effort for the recovery of political freedom, must fill every benevolent mind with infinite regret. Nor can any thing relieve the painful feelings excited by the first part of this distressing drama, but the trembling hope of a happy termination, in which the VAST PRICE which has been paid for the purchase of liberty, will be abundantly recompensed in the happiness of COUNTLESS MILLIONS yet unborn." [excerpts from the Preface]
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