Reunion of 4 19th century works in 7 bound volumes on the Co - Lot 246

Reunion of 4 19th century works in 7 bound volumes on the Commune of 1871: 1. ARNOULD (Arthur): Histoire populaire et parlementaire de la Commune de Paris. Bruxelles, Librairie Socialiste de Henri Kistemaeckers, 1878. 3 volumes. 11 by 18.2 cm. 130-(1); 172-(1); 159-(2) pages. Contemporary ribbed fawn half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed, gilt heads. Minor rubbing to edges, otherwise very good condition. First edition. "Precious first-hand account by one of the key players in the Commune [...]. A journalist, aged 38 in 1871, deputy mayor of the IVth arrondissement during the Siege, Arnould was elected to the Commune by the IVth and VIIIth arrondissements (he opted for the former). Head of several Commissions and co-editor of the "J.O." with Vermorel, he managed to escape to Switzerland. Back in France, he published novels under the pseudonyms A. Matthey (the name of his wife, who died in 1886) and Arthur de Guéblange. He died in 1895 after joining a theosophical sect. His Histoire populaire is one of the few books by an actor in the Commune who dwells on the 'ideas' of the Commune more than on the facts." (Le Quillec 169). 2. BARGÈS (Abbé Jean-Joseph-Léandre): Notre-Dame des Victoires pendant la Commune ou lettres justificatives & documents conservés par feu l'abbé François Amodru pour servir à l'histoire de Notre-Dame des Victoires pendant la Commune (1871). Paris, Lecoffre, 1890. One volume. 13 by 21 cm. (4)-208-IX-(2) pages + 43 pages of facsimiles + 1 portrait h.t. + 1 folding plan h.t. + 3 plates h.t. (2 with captioned serpents). Contemporary red half-chagrin, 5-rib spine decorated with fleurs de lys. Stain on upper cover. Some rare foxing. 2nd edition (E.O.: 1889). 3. [armorial binding] HÉRISSON (or Irisson d'Hérisson, Comte Maurice d'): Nouveau journal d'un officier d'ordonnance - La Commune -. Fourteenth edition. Paris, Paul Ollendorff, 1889. One volume. 11 by 18 cm. VII-(1)-388 pages. Contemporary beige half-basane, 5-rib spine decorated with a coat of arms at the tail. Edition published the same year as the original. Le Quillec, Bibliographie de la Commune de Paris, 1871, 2261-p. 302. By an officer of General Trochu, who attended the Ferrières meeting between Jules Favre and Bismarck. A work "by a career officer [who shows] a certain understanding of the insurrectionary movement, "misguided patriotic sentiment", and total hostility to Thiers, the direct author of the Commune and the hostage massacre... "We should have had Henri IV, but we had Thiers". His sympathies lay with Varin, "a man of heart and intelligence", and with Louis Michel (cf. his letter in the "Epilogue")" (Le Quillec). 4. DABOT (Henri): 1) Griffonnages quotidiens d'un bourgeois du quartier latin. From May 14, 1869 to December 2, 1871. Péronne, E. Quentin, 1895, 1 frontispiece-VII-(1)-322-(1) pages; (followed by). -2) Calendars of a Latin Quarter bourgeois. January 1, 1872 to January 1, 1888. Péronne, E. Quentin, 1903. VI-343-(5)-7-(3)-2 pages. Two volumes. 12.5 by 18.5 cm. Contemporary dark green half-chagrin, 4 ribbed spine, covers preserved. 1 hinge slightly cracked over 6 cm, spines faded. Some brown spots. A good copy. Autograph letter signed on the false-title of the 1st work. First editions. H. Dabot (1831-1907) was a moderate Republican and fervent Catholic. A lawyer, he taught common law to workers' associations. These unpretentious reminiscences, full of everyday details and anecdotes on current political events and social mores, are a precious record of the times.