Lot n° 237
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SULEAU (François-Louis). Le Réveil de M. Suleau, suivi du Pr - Lot 237
SULEAU (François-Louis). Le Réveil de M. Suleau, suivi du Prospectus du Journal politique que le Public lui demande. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de l'Homme sans peur, Et se trouve chez Guillemard, 1791-1792.in-8, half-brown calf, smooth spine decorated with double gilded fillets, red title page, untrimmed (modern pastiche binding).
Hatin, p. 210.
Complete collection of this rare ultra-royalist periodical, which aroused the hatred of revolutionaries.
The pamphleteer Suleau, who was massacred by a mob on August 10, 1792 after being recognized in the street by Théroigne de Méricourt, had an acerbic tone but no gift for predicting the future, as can be seen from his comments on Lafayette (died 1834): He'll end up being hanged (I bet he'll be hanged before me, and I'm ready to double the bet), yes, Madame, hanged; and, what will seem even more paradoxical to you, is that he'll be hanged by the good people, in whom he seems to have concentrated all his affections (pp. 22-23).
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