[Guillaume Imbert] — La Chronique Scandaleuse

Paris, Dans un coin d'ou l'on voit tout, 1785. Hardback. A volume of the anecdotes of French society by Guillaume Imbert, an insight into the country in the years before the Revolution. Volume I only, of a total of four volumes. This work was first published in one volume in 1783, then in two in 1783, increasing to four in 1784, and to five in later editions. In the original French. This work presents a collection of anecdotal essays by Guillaume Imbert, in which he explores society of the day, only a few years before the outbreak of the French Revolution.Imbert was originally a Benedictine monk, forced to become one by his periods. He soon left, and went on to write controversial pieces, which led him to being imprisoned in the Bastille three times. In paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart. Light rubbing to the boards and spine. Bump to the tail of the front board. A couple of light marks to the boards and spine, including one small tidemark to the spine. Label to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. Stamp to the title page. Worming to the gutter from the title page to page 26, with only very marginal loss of text. Good . Ill.: None. Good .