BLANC, Louis (1811-1882)

Histoire de la révolution Française

Paris: Librarie du Figaro, Docks de la librairie, imprimerie générale de Ch. Lahure, n.d. [1870s]. Quarto. 600 engraved illustrations after Hippolyte de la Charlerie.

Three quarters blue-green morocco, spine elaborately gilt in panels, top edge gilt.

Profusely illustrated edition in a handsome binding, of Blanc's monumental history of the French Revolution, which was originally published in 12 volumes between 1847-1862.

Blanc was a French politician and historian whose political and social ideas contributed greatly to the development of socialism in France. After the Revolution of 1848, Blanc became a member of the provisional government and advocated for the creation of cooperatives to be controlled by workers that would replace capitalist enterprises.

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Price: $800.00