Paris Assiégé: 1870-1871 (Récits de Guerre)
Paris: Goupil & Cie, 1898. Hardcover. [2], iv, 155, [1] pages, 10 double-leaf color plates, and many black and white plates: black and white in-text illustrations; 33 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title; black and gilt cover title and illustration. Top page edges gilt. Grey endpapers. One of the booksellers listed on the title page is at the lower edge of the front cover: J. Strauss. Includes illustrations by Édouard Detaille, Gustave Doré, Richard Goubie, and many others. A well-illustrated history of the Siege of Paris from Sept. 1870 to Jan. 1871. Text is in French. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority/expedited shipping. In Very Good Condition: ends of spine are frayed; corners are rubbed and bumped; cover is soiled; closed 2-cm. tear from lower edge of title page; occasional finger smudge in margins; one double-leaf plate is partially separated along fold; pages and plates are otherwise clean and solid. Very Good. Item #011747
Price: $135.00