MIRABEAU, Boniface, vicomte de (Mirabeau-Tonneau)

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MIRABEAU, Boniface, vicomte de (Mirabeau-Tonneau)
Facéties of the Viscount de Mirabeau. In Côte-Rôtie, Impr. de Boivin, n. d. (Paris, ca 1792). 2 vols. in-12, front, (2) ff, 234 pp.; (1) ff, 210 pp., (1) ff, stamps, fawn half-sock, smooth decorated back, t.s. and tom. p. of green and red marble. M. and W. 24409. The younger brother of Mirabeau, a member of the National Assembly, he emigrated to Germany in 1790, where he formed the famous legion of "Hussars of Death. Collection of satirical or political writings that he published in 1790 and 1791, including: Lunches or the Cheap Truth - Lunches, or the Laughing Truth - Me Target's Diaper Bulletin - National Magic Lantern, etc. His nickname Mirabeau-Tonneau came from his drunkenness about which he declared to his brother who reproached him: ''What are you complaining about? "Of all the vices in the family, you left me only this one! Ex-libris Bibliothèque de Mme Colin-de- Saint-Marc.
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