Histoire de la Révolution Française, depuis 1789 jusqu’en 1814. Tome Premier
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1284
Author
Mignet, François-Auguste, 1796-1884
Title
Histoire de la Révolution Française, depuis 1789 jusqu’en 1814. Tome Premier
Statement of responsibility
Par F.-A. Mignet, membre de l’Institut, etc.
Place of publication
Paris
Publisher
Firmin Didot Frères, libraires; Dufey et Vézard, libraires
Series
Not identified
Printer
Imprimerie de Firmin Didot Frères, imprimeurs de l’Institut, rue Jacob, nº 24
Date
1836
Imprint (isbd)
Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, libraires; Dufey et Vézard, libraires, 1836
Language
French
Tirage
Sixième édition; no special issue stated
Collation
408 pages
Illustrations
Calcographic frontispiece
Format
21 cm; octavo (8vo)
Dimensions
21 cm
Typographic signatures
Not verified from the supplied images
Paper type
Laid rag paper; letterpress printing with strong translucency by transmitted light
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Roman type; sharp printing; abundant foxing and oxidation present
Binding type
Contemporary half leather binding with corners
Colours
Dark brown and marbled paper in brown and black tones
Decoration
False raised bands; blind tooling; gilt title and volume number on spine
Spine
Brown leather with integrated lettering piece and gilt decoration
Endpapers
Marbled paper of drop or peacock type
Content description
History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 written by François-Auguste Mignet. The work analyses the political and social background of the Revolution, the Constituent Assembly, the fall of the monarchy, the Convention, the Terror and French political evolution up to the Napoleonic period. Includes explanation of historical plates and engraved portrait
Note 1
Sixth edition published during the author’s lifetime
Note 2
Copy corresponding only to the first volume
Note 3
Preserves a well-structured contemporary binding
Note 4
Shows intense and widespread foxing throughout much of the volume
Note 5
Includes engraved frontispiece and list of illustrated plates
Main subject
French Revolution
Subsubjects
French political history; National Assembly; Revolutionary Terror; French monarchy; Napoleon; nineteenth-century historiography
Shelfmark
1284
Condition
Good; solid binding; abundant foxing; stable paper; moderate wear from use
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Old bookseller’s label “Coleccionista”, Arcs 3, Barcelona