Author: Bonneville (François) & P.Quénard
Title: Portraits Des Personnages CéLèbres de la Révolution [with 200 18th Century Engraved Portraits Related to the French Revolution, Including Washington, Franklin, Paine, Robespierre, Marat, Corday, Lafayette]
Description: Paris: L'Imprimerie du Cercle Social and Bonneville, 1796-1802. Small 4to. 4 vols. Avec tableau historique et notices par l'un des representants de la Commune de Paris en 1789 et 1790, half-titles, stipple-engraved frontispieces and 200 engraved or stipple-engraved portraits by and/or after Bonneville, light offsetting, some foxing, mostly to vol.1, small tear and hole to index of vol.1 with slight loss to one or two letters, upper hinges of vol.1 & 2 broken, one endpaper loose, nineteenth century morocco-backed boards, spines gilt with revolutionary motifs of fasces, a little worn, [Colas 383], Paris, 1796-1802. ? Portraits of the leaders of the French Revolution and other notable figures of the time including Washington, Franklin, Lafayette, Pitt, Fox, Paine etc.; Includes various documents and a description of the attire of the ruling revolutionaries. .

Keywords: French Revolution, Washington, Franklin, Lafayette, Pitt, Fox, Paine


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