1789-1889. Histoire d'un Siècle et d'un Famille. Les Trois Républiques et les Trois Carnot
Paris: Georges Maurice, 1889. First printing. Small quarto, wraps, inscribed by author and with letter from him laid in dated August 4, 1889. Good copy with original wraps replaced with modern green wraps, original back cover mounted and reproduction of the pictorial title page mounted on front, contents good, tanning and light wear to some pages. A history of the French revolution and ensuing generations seen through the eyes of three generations of the Carnot family: Lazare Carnot, one of the central personalities in the French Revolution, his son Count Lazare Carnot, and Marie Francois Carnot, who became President of the French Republic. Written to commemorate the centennial of the revolution. 524 pp, illustrated. Good. Item #H13551
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