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230 - TOURNEUX (Maurice). Bibliography of the History of Paris dur…
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TOURNEUX (Maurice). Bibliography of the History of Paris during the French Revolution. Volume I. Preliminary matters, events. 1890. Volume II. The political organisation and role of Paris. 1894, paperback. Volume III. Monuments, customs and institutions. 1900. Volume IV. Biographical documents. Paris beyond the city walls. Additions and corrections. 1906. Volume V. General index of facts, titles of works, names of people and places, subjects, etc. 1913. Paris, 1890–1913. 5 volumes in-4, bound in fawn half-basane except for Volume 2. Bindings worn and damaged, one hinge broken, one cover detached. ‘This seminal work, conceived in an exhaustive manner, may to some extent, given the significance of events in Paris at that time, serve as a general bibliography of the history of the Revolution’. Text set in two columns, 29,972 references, often accompanied by commentaries. A working copy.
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About the sale In preparation – The Jean-Paul Delon Bookshop Collection, Part I (Bibliography – Scholarship – Bibliophilia)
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