THIERS, Adolphe.
The History of the French Revolution.
The History of the French Revolution.
By Louis Adolphe Thiers. Translated, with motes and illustrations, from the most authentic sources, by Fredrick Shoberl. New edition, with 41 illustrations on steel engraved by William Greatbach.
Stock Code 120926
London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1881.
51 hand-coloured steel-engraved plates
An attractive edition of this classic account of the French Revolution by the historian and statesman Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), President of France from 1871 to 1873 under the Third Republic. Illustrated with 51 hand-coloured steel-engraved plates.Thiers was the dominating Republican politician of the nineteenth century, a key participant in both the July Revolution of 1830, which overthrew the Bourbon monarch King Charles X in favour of his liberal cousin Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans, and the Revolution of 1848, which overthrew the July Monarchy and established the Second French Republic. He served as a prime minister in 1836 and 1840, dedicated the Arc de Triomphe, and arranged the return to France of the remains of Napoleon from Saint-Helena.
5 vols; 8vo (22 x 14.5 cm); 51 hand-coloured steel-engraved plates; contemporary half calf, marbled boards ruled in gilt, gilt spines in 6 compartments, contrasting green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges, spines slightly faded, a little rubbed, very good;
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