G. Lenotre, André Castelot & Alain Decaux - La Révolution française - 1956

Fascinating numbered edition 1445, this album is illustrated with 71 documents and includes manuscripts and iconography, as well as texts by G. Lenotre, André Castelot & Alain Decaux - This collection offers a broad evocation of the events that shook France from 1789 onward and permanently transformed its political, social and institutional organization - Designed under the title The Great Days, this book aims to reconstruct the decisive moments of the revolutionary period, highlighting the events, the figures and the circumstances that led to the fall of the absolute monarchy, to the assertion of national sovereignty and to the emergence of new political principles - The narrative allows placing in their context the economic and social tensions at the end of the Ancien Régime, the monarch's financial difficulties, the demands of the Third Estate and the growing challenge to privileges - G. Lenotre, André Castelot & Alain Decaux - The French Revolution - 1956 - Club du Livre - 108, (8) Pages. Good condition of the binding, loose-leaf volume in its editor's cloth box, light signs of wear, some minor flaws on the packaging including stains, smooth spine titled in red - Very good interior condition, slight browning, beautiful vignette on the title page, this album is illustrated with 71 documents and includes manuscripts and iconography, as well as texts by G. Lenotre, André Castelot & Alain Decaux, numbered copy 1445, clean text, fairly fresh interior - Delivery service guaranteed within a few days –

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