Théveneau de Morande (Charles) - Lot 25

Théveneau de Morande (Charles) Vie privée ou apologie de très-sérénissime Prince Monseigneur le Duc de Chartres, contre un libel diffamatoire écrit en 1781 ; mais qui n'a pas paru à cause des menaces que nous avons faites à l'auteur de le déceler. Paris, à cent lieues de la Bastille, 1784. 1 volume in-8°, mid-nineteenth century binding in half brown basane, spine ribbed with gilt fillets, burgundy morocco title-piece. Minor wear and tear, especially on corners. VI pp. 98 pp. - 1 f. catalog. Very clean body. Label of the Raymond Clavreuil bookshop. Violent pamphlet against Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, known as Philippe égalité. Charles Théveneau (1748-1803) had the idea of taking the name Morande and publishing violent libels under this pseudonym, which he smuggled into France and in which he indiscriminately slandered all the lesser-known names that came under his pen. His first publications were Le Philosophe cynique and Mélange confus sur des matières très claires, both of which met with great success and encouraged him to persevere. Tourneux, IV, 21525; Sgard, Journalistes, 766.