Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pages — Histoire de la Revolution de 1848

Paris, Pagnerre, 1861. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this history of the 1848 revolution in France by politician Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pages. The first edition of this work.In the original French.In two volumes, being Volumes I and II of a total of eleven volumes.A comprehensive history and first-hand account of the 1848 Revolution in France.The author, Garnier, served as a member of the Provisional Government of 1848 under Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure as well as Mayor of Paris from February to March 1848, and then a member of the Government of National Defense (1870-1871) under Louis Jules Trochu as a minister without portfolio.Illustrated with a frontispiece to Volume I. In a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart, with some rubbing to the boards and spines. Light wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots. Good . Ill.: None. Good .