"[mirabeau] - Lettres De Cachet And State Prisons, Posthumous Work, Composed In 1778."
[MIRABEAU] - Lettres de cachet and state prisons, posthumous work, composed in 1778. Hamburg, se, 1784; in-8, XII-275 + IV-184 pp., period half-parchment binding with corners, spine with 5 raised bands. Second edition. This text is attributed to the Comte de Mirabeau by Barbier. Indeed, the very severe content for Richelieu and Louis XIV, whose absolute authority Mirabeau denied, made it necessary to publish this text anonymously. At that time, the author had just left Vincennes, where he had written the Letters to Sophie. Nevertheless, the title “Posthumous work” shows a desire to cover the tracks. We can also consider that this text was published in line with his essay on despotism and therefore deserves attention. Good condition.