A Detail of the wonderful Revolution at Paris, or, an Exact Narrative of all that passed in the Capital of France, particularly the siege and capture of the Bastille from the 11th of July, 1789, to the 23rd of the same month: By M. D.-C. Dedicated to the District of Petit St. Antoine, and translated into English by a French Gentleman, many Years resident in England

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A Detail of the wonderful Revolution at Paris, or, an Exact Narrative of all that passed in the Capital of France, particularly the siege and capture of the Bastille from the 11th of July, 1789, to the 23rd of the same month: By M. D.-C. Dedicated to the District of Petit St. Antoine, and translated into English by a French Gentleman, many Years resident in England translation has paratext

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Dedication to the District of Petit St. Antoine copied from the source text. 'Translated into English by a French Gentleman, many Years resident in Paris'. From translator's advertisement: 'An imperfect and unsatisfactory account of the disturbances at Paris, having appeared in the Newspapers, either owing to the editors' hurry in inserting false reports, or to their correspondents being misinformed, I beg leave to submit to the public in general the translation of a pamphlet published in Paris, under the immediate supervision of the Standing Committee at the Mansion-House. I farther beg leave to assure the public, that the facts therein related are genuine and authentic, being faithfully translated from that published in Paris, fifteen thousand copies of which were sold in one day. The siege of the Bastille is by a member of the Ecole Royale Militaire, who assisted at it; and may be depended on as a true and exact account of the capture of that fortress'.