Reunion of 5 memoirs on the Restoration, the July Monarchy a - Lot 252

Reunion of 5 memoirs on the Restoration, the July Monarchy and the Second Empire, in 10 volumes all bound: 1. MAUGNY (Albert de): Souvenirs of the Second Empire. La fin d'une société. Paris, Ernest Kolb, s.d. [ca 1889]. One volume. 11 by 17.5 cm. VII-(1)-308 pages. Contemporary blue half-basane, spine with 4 ornate nerves. Minor rubbing to nerves, otherwise a fine copy. First edition. Bourachot, Bibliographie critique des mémoires sur le Second Empire, no. 273. "Thus, Souvenirs du Second Empire deals with official and worldly life, the demi-monde under the Second Empire, the artistic and gallant existence of imperial Paris [...]" (Bourachot). 2. VÉRON (L.): Quatre ans de règne. Où en sommes-nous? Paris, Librairie Nouvelle, 1857. One volume. 13 by 21.5 cm. 374 pages. Contemporary half brown basane, smooth spine. Spine lightened, stamps of a reading cabinet. First edition. Assessment of the first 4 years of the Empire by one of its supporters. Contains documents one would not expect to find there: lists of deputies to the legislative body (with their backgrounds); details of bills from 1852 to 1856; biographies of speakers in the Chamber, State Councillors, etc. 3. TÉNOT (Pierre-Paul-Eugène). 1) Paris in December 1851. Historical study of the coup d'état. Third edition. Paris, Armand Le Chevalier, 1868. -2) La province en décembre 1851. Historical study of the coup d'état. Second edition. Paris, Armand Le Chevalier, 1868. 2 works in 2 volumes. 013 by 21.5 cm. IX-(1)-302; VI-338 pages. Contemporary dark green half-chagrin, uniform for both volumes. Minor wear to corners and paper of boards, not serious. Old discreet ownership on title and false title. "Publications which had a great repercussion and a very fast success and contributed for much to the great movement of opposition which occurred in the last years of the Empire. [...] Ténot (Pierre-Paul-Eugène), born in 1839, was a lecturer in various schools from 1857 to 1863, notably at the Collège d'Alger, before moving to Paris to devote himself to journalism. Attached to Le Siècle in 1865, and one of its main contributors, he was appointed prefect of the Hautes-Pyrénées after the September 4 revolution, but resigned from this position in February 1871." (Glaeser, Biog. nationale des contemporains p. 751). 4. FAIVRE (Abbé Jean-François-Prosper): Portefeuille d'un aumônier militaire. Lyon, Aux Bureaux de l'Echo de Fourvière, et chez les Principaux Libraires, 1872. One volume. 11.5 by 18 cm. XVII-(1)-285-(1) pages. Contemporary dark green half calf, very nicely decorated 5-rib spine. decorated. Printed on very fine quality paper. Very fine copy, first edition. Born in the Ainay district of Lyon, Prosper Faivre was admitted to the Saumur Cavalry School, where he met Jean-Gilbert Fialin. He was enrolled in the 3rd dragoon regiment, where he became maréchal des logis. There he earned a commendation. A riding accident forced him to leave the army. He entered the seminary, then was appointed vicar at Vourles, then at Ainay. In 1840, he briefly served as a military chaplain in Algeria, before becoming a teacher at La Martinière and military chaplain at the Sathonay camp. In Lyon, he defended the Voraces after the 1849 insurrection. In 1856, to help the children of soldiers killed in the Crimean War, he obtained a ruined château from the de Virieu family and its restoration from the Maréchal de Castellane. He founded "l'œuvre de St Maurice pour les petites filles de soldats", which was recognized as a public utility in 1861 and inaugurated by Marshal Randon. In 1975, it became a "Maison d'enfants à caractère social des Armées". In 1870, Chaplain Faivre followed the Army of the Loire and was taken prisoner. He retired as chaplain in 1872, and died in 1873 in Artemare". (Wikipedia). 5. VÉRON (Dr. Louis): Mémoires d'un bourgeois de Paris. Comprenant la fin de l'Empire - La Restauration - La Monarchie de Juillet - La République jusqu'au rétablissement de l'Empire. Paris, Librairie Nouvelle, 1856. 5 volumes. 9.5 by 15.5 cm. XII-330 ; (4)-399; (4)-388 ; (4)-421 + 3 folding facsimiles and (4)-379 pages. Contemporary red half-basane, smooth spine. Minor wear to paper on covers, spine slightly soiled. 2nd edition (E.O.: 1853-1855). Tulard 1476; Berthier de Sauvigny et Fierro 985. "Doctor, journalist, director of the Opéra (1831-1835), member of the legislative body (1852 and 1857), born in Paris on April 5, 1798, where he died on Sept. 27, 1867. He founded the Revue de Paris (1829), then became co-owner and director of the Constitutionnel (1844)." (Lalanne, Dict. p. 1785) "Ces mémoires représentent bien la mentalité de la bourgeoisie du temps." (Berthier de Sauvigny et