Revelations of the Life of Prince Talleyrand.

Second edition of this biographical and anecdotal account of the influential French diplomat Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord. Octavo, bound in three-quarters orange morocco by Bayntun with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Prince Talleyrand, extra illustrated with 40 engraved plates. In near fine condition. Edited from the papers of Édouard Colmache, private secretary to the prince.