Hardcover volume, collated in-8o, 21.9 c 14.6 cm, bound in half red morocco over red buckram by Palmer, Hove & Co. (Manchester), ruled in gilt, marbled end-papers, top edge gilt, spine with raised bands, ruled in gilt, gilt lettering; bookplate "Ex libris William John Robertson" with black ink ms dated 1922 to front pastedown. Insert paper clipping “In Memoriam” marked “D.W. 25.1.61.” Graphite ms to t.p.: “[assisted by Karl Marx]”. Pp.: [i-v] vi-xv [xvi blank], [1] 2-500; collation: ffl blank first and last, π8 A-2H8 2I2.

Title-page: HISTORY | OF | THE COMMUNE OF 1871. | Translated from the French of | LISSAGARAY, | BY | ELEANOR MARX AVELING. | LONDON: | REEVES AND TURNER, 196 STRAND. | 1886.||

Contributors:

Hippolyte Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray (French, 1838 – 1901) – author.

Eleanor Marx [Aveling] (British, 1855 – 1898) – translator.

William John Robertson (Canadian, 1846 – 1894) – provenance.

The Russian translation of the same title: [LIB-1158.2016] Э. Лиссагарэ. История Парижской Коммуны в 1871 г. (Дешевая библиотека, № 274) / Пер. под ред. В. Базарова. — С.-Петербург: Знание, 1906.

Additional Information

Collection French history, art, literature , Library
Type / Purpose Book
Period 19 AD , Late 19th century
Country Great Britain
Media/Technique Paper , Wove paper
Language English
Subject 19th century , Paris Commune, 1871 , Second Empire (France) , Second French Empire , Socialism , Translations into English
Creation / Publishing year 1886
Edition 1st edition, thus
Size 8vo
Binding Buckram , Half morocco , Hardcover
Acquisition year 2016

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