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(DIAMOND NECKLACE AFFAIR.) Authentic Adventures of the Celebrated Countess de la Motte. Including the Fraudulent Transaction with Cardinal de Rohan.Translated from the French. To which is added, A Narrative of her Escape to London, as stated by herself. [4], xii, 163, [1] pages, including half-title. 8vo, 174x98 mm, contemporary plain wrappers; infrequent light marginal foxing; uncut. Ownership inscription of Mary Tucker dated 1788 on title. London: Printed for the Translator, and sold for him by E. Johnson, 1787
first edition in english, issue with Johnson imprint, of the account of a notorious scandal at the court of Louis XVI, in which the self-styled Comtesse de Valois manipulated the Cardinal de Rohan into purchasing a diamond necklace for Queen Marie Antoinette, which the Comtesse and her husband then broke up and sold.
