Journal d un combattant de Fevrier. Precede d'un fragment sur l'auteur, par Pierre Leroux, et des discours prononces sur la tombe de Philippe Faure; suivi de notes historiques et de temoignages de la main de Lamennais, de Madame Adele Victor Hugo, de Victor Hugo, de Louis Blanc, de Kossuth, de Ledru-Rollin, de Saffi, de Herzen, de Berjeau, de Greppo, de Bru, de J.Harney, d'Alphonse Bianchi, d'Alfred Talandier, et d'autres amis de Philippe Faure. Publie a Jersey par Auguste Desmoulins.

FAURE, Philippe (1823-1856)

Published by Jersey, C. Le Feuvre 1859

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. VIII,256p. Conemp. half calf, gilt back, marbled sides, endpapers and edges. Name on half-title. Foxing to first and last leaves. First (only) edition. A day-by-day account of the revolution of February 1848 written in the form of letters to the journal L'Eclaireur du Centre'. Philippe Faure was a socialist journalist and close friend of Pierre Leroux and a moderate supporter of the revolution. It was annotated by his other friend Auguste Desmoulins (1823-1891), son-in-law of Pierre Leroux. After the revolution he took refuge in Jersey where he kept close contact with a.o. Victor Hugo and died at an early age.*Maitron II, p.172-173 (Faure) and II, p.75-76 (Desmoulins). Seller Inventory # 32383

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Title: Journal d un combattant de Fevrier. Precede ...

Publisher: Jersey, C. Le Feuvre 1859

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: 1st Edition