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Précis historique de la Révolution françoise, I-VI. (Suivi de l'Acte constitutionnel des François; Assemblée legislative; Convention nationale; Directoire exécutif). [SIX VOLUMES].
by Rabaut, J. P. (Jean-Paul Saint-Etienn); (Jean Charles Dominique de) Lacretelle Jeune
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Paris & Strasbourg, Onfroy ,Treutell et Würtz, Didot, 1792-1815.. Hardcover. .. Four volumes bound in six. Small octavo. With a total of 16 engraved or etched plates, some as frontispiece. Pp. Vol. I: lxxvi, 257; 40; 108, plus 6 plates; Vol. II: xxxviii, 456, plus 2 plates; Vol. III: cxxxvi, 326, plus 2 plates; Vol. IV: 336, plus 2 plates; Vol. V: clx, 332, plus 2 plates; Vol. VI: 398, ccxvi (extended chronology), plus 2 plates. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in contemporary duo-tint boards, spines gilt, each spine with volume number within gilt shield and with black lettering-piece in gilt. Some superficial rubbing to boards, endpapers browned, age related blemishes here and there, persistent dampmark to top edge of one volume. Some sections are spotted, others are most surprisingly bright and fresh, all due to difference in paper quality. In good condition. ~ Various editions. Vol. I: second edition, 1792; II: fourth edition, 1815; Vol. III-IV: second edition, 1806; Vol. V-VI: third edition, 1815. The charming plates were made by Antoine Cosme Giraud (etcher) and Vincent Marie Langlois (engraver), after originals by Jean Michel Moreau and Jean Baptiste Simonet. Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne (1743-1793) was a leader of the French Protestants and a moderate French revolutionary. He was guillotined in December 1793. Jean Charles Dominique de Lacretelle (1766-1855) was historian and journalist. He continued Rabaut's work and completed most of it while in prison. Very rare in its completeness. G-1 OUT
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- Précis historique de la Révolution françoise, I-VI. (Suivi de l'Acte constitutionnel des François; Assemblée legislative; Convention nationale; Directoire exécutif). [SIX VOLUMES].
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- Rabaut, J. P. (Jean-Paul Saint-Etienn); (Jean Charles Dominique de) Lacretelle Jeune
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- Hardcover
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- Paris & Strasbourg, Onfroy ,Treutell et Würtz, Didot, 1792-1815.
- Keywords
- HISTORY POLITICS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS POLITICAL MOVEMENTS STUDIES CONFLICT ANALYSIS RESOLUTION HISTORICAL SOCIAL CULTURAL GESCHIEDENIS HISTORIE GESCHIEDKUNDE HISTOIRE HISTORIQUE GESCHICHTE KULTURGESCHICHTE GESCHICHTSWISSENSCHAFT HISTORIA STORIA REVOLUT
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- The French Revolution: From the Storming of the Bastille to Napoleon;
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