PAGÈS, François-Xavier. Histoire secrète de la Révolution françoise, depuis la convocation des notables jusqu'à la prise de l'île de Malthe, contenant une foule de particularités peu connues, et des extraits de tout ce qui a paru de plus curieux sur notre révolution. Published in Paris, without publisher's name, in 1798. 6 volumes in 3, In-8 format. Green half-basane, smooth spines decorated with triple gilt fillets, gilt initials, blue speckled edges, paper boards with pebbled decoration. 280 and 219 pp; 280 and 263 pp; 251 and 260 pp. Spines sunned, covers rubbed, corners slightly crushed. Some foxing, more in the margins. Important study on the history of events during the first period of the Revolution. It is the work of the French journalist François-Xavier Pagès de Vixouze (1745 - 1802), founder in 1790 of the Jacobin newspaper Le Cantaliste, and contributor to one of the greatest editorial undertakings of the Revolution when he helped write the Tableaux historiques de la Révolution française. Handsome set, complete in 3 uniformly bound volumes.