FIRST EDITION of a collection of excerpts from the writings of Antoine de Rivarol (1753-1801), a Royalist French writer of the Revolutionary era. 170x100mm. XLII+258 pages [+1]. Half-leather Hardcover. Gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Cover and spine rubbed. Cover corners and edges slightly bumped. Spine upper edge worn. Ex-libris (Augusta Castletown) sticker on front inner cover. Watermark signature and ink-blot on whitepage, ink signature on whitepage verso. Ink signature and two pencil inscriptions on title page. Small ink stain on page XI (text readable). Pages slightly yellowing, some pages slightly age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first edition is else in good condition.