Author: Martin, Henri
Title: Histoire de France depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'en 1789. Vol. I-XVI +
Description: Furne 1858-1861 , 5 (of 52) engraved plates. . HB. 17 vols, 8vo, cont. qtr leather, marbled boards and endpapers, one volume not uniform. Includes the scarce Table Analytique (Index). Some light foxing. Only 5 of the 52 engravings called for are present, (frontispiece portrait of author to Vol. I; frontispiece + 3 plates to Vol. XVI). Vol. 16 is dated 1878.. 4th edition. Text French. Henri Martin (1810-1883 ) was a French historian who devoted much of his life to the study of the history of France. Writing the monumental Histoire de France, which was first published in 15 volumes (1833-1836). This covered the early history of France upto the French Revolution of 1789. In this fourth edition (1858-61) Martin extended the coverage of the work, which was published in 16 volumes, plus a Table Analytique (Index), (1861-65). In 1869 he received a prize of 20,000 francs from the Institut de France for this important publication..

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