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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