A journal of occurrences at the temple, during the confinement of Louis XVI, King of France

By M. Cléry, the King’s Valet-de-Chambre. Translated from the original Manuscript by R. C. Dallas, Esq. London : printed by Baylis, and sold by the author, 1798. First edition. Octavo, late nineteenth century crushed Morocco over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, lightly rubbed at edges, top edge gilt, bookplate for Ivor A. B. Ferguson to front pastedown, marbled endpapers, frontispiece engraving, two plans for the tower, pp. 255; (1), a fine copy.

A first hand account of the final days of Louis XVI, imprisoned with his family, including wife Marie Antoinette, at Temple prison,  a former fortress of the Knights Templar. The King was executed by guillotine on January 21, 1793, while still imprisoned in the Temple. This first hand account of these final days was written by Cléry, the King’s valet.