1847 HISTOIRE DES GIRONDINS 8 VOLUMES antique ILLUSTRATED FRENCH REVOLUTION

HISTOIRE DES GIRONDINS

by Alphonse de Lamartine

Paris, Furne et Cie & W. Coquebert, 1847

8 VOLUMES

The subject is historical, linked to the French Revolution , but the object is political, on the eve of the French Revolution of 1848 .
Although it fell out of favor, suffering the general discredit of romantic works and criticism of the author's weaknesses as a historian , it was one of the greatest bestsellers of the 19th century, and  remains a major work by Lamartine.

Half leather marbled bindings.

Size 6 by 9"

Illustrated with portraits engravings

Very good interior, some wear of bindings

Text in French

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Alphonse de Lamartine, (born October 21, 1790, Mâcon, France—died February 28, 1869, Paris), French poet, historian, and statesman who achieved renown for his lyrics in Méditations poétiques (1820), which established him as one of the key figures in the Romantic movement in French literature. In 1847 his Histoire des Girondins became widely popular, and he rose to considerable political prominence in early 1848, when he led the Second Republic for a short time.

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