Collection of 6 19th century history and politics books on t - Lot 240

Collection of 6 19th century history and politics books on the 3rd republic: 1. BOCHER (Charles): Mémoires de Charles Bocher (1816-1907) précédés des souvenirs de famille. 1) 1760-1816. -2) [1848-1870]. Paris, Ernest Flammarion, s.d. [1907-1909], 2 volumes. 14.5 by 23 cm. 512; (4)-627 pages. Paperback, in printed cover. Minor foxing, good condition. First edition. Tulard 172; Bertier de Sauvigny et Fierro 130; Bourachot 54. Charles Bocher (1816-1908) took part in the Algerian campaigns of 1840 and 1849, then in the Crimean War on the staff of Canrobert, then Bosquet. "Ch. Bocher was above all one of the best-known faces of the Parisian world, of which he remained one of the most representative types for over fifty years. Doyen of the Opéra's subscribers, a backstage guest since 1851, he made it his duty to introduce visiting notabilities and sovereigns, and was proud to have had Marshal Bugeaud conduct a corps de ballet rehearsal. His Memoirs are a vivid picture of Paris in the second half of the nineteenth century." (D.B.F. VI-col. 747). 2. LACOMBE (Charles de): Journal politique [1871-1877] published for the Société d'histoire contemporaine by A. Hélot. Paris, Alphonse Picard et Fils, 1907-1908, 2 volumes. 13 by 22 cm. 1 portrait-XLVII-(1)-326; 1 portrait-(6)-390 pages. Modern bradel boards, covers preserved. Very good condition. By a center-right deputy. 3. MARCÈRE (Emile-Louis-Gustave Deshayes de): Le seize mai et la fin du septennat. Paris, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, 1900. One volume. 11 by 18 cm. XI-(1)-320 pages. Contemporary green ddemi-basane, spine ribbed, spine slightly darkened. Spine slightly darkened. First edition. History of domestic politics from May 16, 1877 to the resignation of Mac-Mahon (January 30, 1879); Series of portraits of politicians; Opinion of the author on the politics conducted by his group, the center-left. 4. PRÉVILLE (Xavier de): A glorious soldier. Mac-Mahon, maréchal de France, Duc de Magenta. Paris, Tolra, s.d. [ca 1894]. One volume. 15 by 24 cm. 362 pp. + 1 f. n.ch. Contemporary red half-chagrin, 5-rib spine. In-text illustrations, including 43 full-page. Very good condition. Uncommon first edition. Afrique française du Nord, Bibliographie militaire, no. 3976. "Very detailed biography of the Marshal; his campaigns in Africa: the Mouzaïa Pass, Médéa, Blida, the two sieges of Constantine; Mac-Mahon and the 10th battalion of chasseurs, Changarnier, Bugeaud; the Foreign Legion, Isly, Sidi-Brahim, the submission of Abd el Kader, Mac-Mahon commanding in Tlemcen; the Kabylie campaign, Fort-Napoléon; Mac-Mahon governor general of Algeria." (A.F.N.). 5. MUSÉE DE L'ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE. Containing portraits of all deputies [of France and the colonies. Based on photographs by M. Franck]. Drawn and engraved by the first artists. Paris, Librairie Universelle d'Alfred Duquesne, 1874. One volume. 22.5 by 28 cm. (4) pages and 30 portrait plates and (4) pages. Contemporary red bradel half-percaline with corners, black title page, cover boards preserved. Very good condition. Gallery of portraits arranged alphabetically by department, followed by a general table of deputies in alphabetical order. 6. BRISSON (Henri): Souvenirs. Dreyfus affair. With documents, stenography of parliamentary debates, text of Cour de cassation rulings, draft laws, letters, speeches, etc. Paris, Edouard Cornély et Cie, 1908. One volume. 11 by 17.5 cm. XI-(1)-349-(2) pages. Contemporary red half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated. Spine slightly faded. First edition. V. Declert and P. Simon-Nahum, L'affaire Dreyfus: les événements fondateurs (The Dreyfus affair: the founding events), by a Freemason Council President who saved the Waldeck Rousseau ministry by rallying his fellow deputies to the cry of "A moi les enfants de la veuve" (The widow's children are mine).