[Rarebooks] Offering: Rare work on the trial of Joan of Arc, 1790.

[Michael John Thompson]

Del'Averdy, M.

Notice du proces criminel de condamnation de Jeanne d'Arc dite la 
Pucelle d'Orleans, tiree des differens Manuscrits de la bibliotheque 
de Roi (and other articles) in Notices et Extraits des Manuscrits de 
la Bibliotheque du Roi, Tome Troisieme, 1790. Complete.


Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1790.

First edition. Quarto, bound in 19th Century marbled boards with 
cloth spine, gilt tiles. 650 pp, frontispiece engraving, 2 folding 
maps of the city of Rouen at rear. A rare work which contains 
original accounts of the trial of Joan of Arc transcribed from 
Original Manuscripts in the "Bibliotheque du Roi". i.e., the 
Bibliotheque Nationale. Included are DelAverdy's "Notice du proces 
criminel..." in 4 parts, the "Tableau des noms de tous ceux qui ont 
ete Juges ou Assesseurs ou Consulteurs du Saint-Office, ou opinans 
dans l'affaire de Jeane d'Arc..." in 10 parts, "Reflexions 
historiques & critiques sur la conduite qu'a tenue Charles VII, a 
l'egard de Jeanne d'Arc... "Notice General historique & critique de 
vingt-huit Manuscrits concernant les proces criminels & l'histoire de 
Jeane d'Arc... Proces de condamnation... Proces d'absolution... 
Manuscrits concernant l'histoire de Jeane d'Arc ... Minute Francoise 
du proces de condamnation"... "Priemiere, Seconde et Troisieme 
additions a la notice des vingt-huit Manuscrits (including) 
dissertation sur les minutes originales des deux proces de 
condamnation... Priemiere question: Les Anglois ont-ils soustrait la 
minute du process du condamnation de Jeanne d'Arc?; Second question: 
Que font devenues les deux minutes latine & francois du process du 
condamnation de Jeanne d'Arc, apres qu'elles ont ete deposees au 
greffe des Juges de la revision?, etc, "... Notice du Process de 
revision & d'absolution de Jeanne d'arc, in 6 parts, etc etc, along 
with Recherches faites a Rouen, des originales latins & francois, 
concernant le process de Jeanne d'Arc.

A complicated work combining many parts, but overall an expose of the 
trial of Joan of Arc, citing original documents, and asking pertinent 
questions concerning missing files, the process of the judgment 
against her, etc. Frontispiece engraving of the monument to Joan in 
the town of Rouen, some foxing, wormholes to margins, the folding 
maps of Rouen at the rear have some worming in the lower left corner, 
overall a very good copy. Rare.

$650.00 US. Terms: as usual. trade discount allowed,  postage extra at cost.



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