Title: HISTORY | OF | SECRET SOCIETIES, | AND OF THE | REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FRANCE | From 1830 to 1848; | CONTAINING SKETCHES OF | LOUIS-PHILLIPE AND THE REVOLUTION OF FEBRUARY; | TOGETHER WITH | PORTRAITS, CONSPIRACIES, AND UNPUBLISHED FACTS. | BY | LUCIEN DE LA HODDE. | Translated from the Paris Edition of 1850. | BY AN AMERICAN. | PHILADELPHIA: | J. B. LIPPINCOTT AND CO. | 1856. ||
Pagination: blank leaf, [i, ii] – ht / blind, [iii, iv] – t.p. / imprim., [v-vi] – preface / blind, [vii] viii-xv [xvi] [17] 18-479 [480], blank leaf.
Collation: 8vo; [1]-308.
Binding: 22.8 x 15 cm, publisher's purple blind-spamped cloth to boards, gilt lettering to spine.
Lucien de la Hodde (French, 1808 – 1865). Original title: Histoire des sociétés secrètes et du parti républicain de 1830 à 1848 : Louis-Phillippe et le Révolution de février, portraits, scènes de conspirations, faits inconnus. — Paris: Julien, Lanier, 1850.
Translated by John Wolcott Phelps (American, 1813 – 1885).
Additional Information
| Collection | French history, art, literature , Library , Secret societies |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | Mid-19th century |
| Country | USA |
| Subject | Carbonari , France , History , Politics , Secret police , Secret police (political police) , Secret societies , Socialist-Revolutionaries , Subversive movements |
| Media/Technique | Paper |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus |
| Binding | Cloth , Hardcover |
| Size | 23 x 15 cm , 8vo |
| Acquisition year | 2020 |