Collection of 26 pamphlets relating to the trials of the main protagonists of The Diamond Necklace Affair, including:

AUCTION 77 |
Thursday, January 17th,
2019 at 1:00 PM
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Lot 26
(DIAMOND NECKLACE AFFAIR)
Collection of 26 pamphlets relating to the trials of the main protagonists of The Diamond Necklace Affair, including:
Paris: 1786
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
The Affair of the Diamond Necklace was an incident in 1785 at the court of King Louis XVI of France involving his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette. The reputation of the Queen, already tarnished by gossip, was ruined by the implication that she participated in a crime to defraud the crown jewelers of the cost of a very expensive diamond necklace. The Affair is historically significant as one of the events that led to the French populace's disillusionment with the monarchy, which, among other reasons, eventually precipitated the French Revolution.