MARTIN (Henri) - Histoire de France, depuis les... Lot 497

MARTIN (Henri) - Histoire de France, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours. Paris, Furne libraire éditeur, 1855; in-4, approx. 10,000 pp, publisher's bottle-green half-maroquin bindings, spines with 4 raised bands, painted edges. All 17 volumes. Very good condition. Henri Martin was born in Saint-Quentin in 1810 and died in Passy in 1883. He published the "Histoire de la France" and in 1869 received a prize of 20,000 francs from the Institut for this work. This history is best known for the last volumes of the "Histoire de France du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle". The beginning of this history suffers from gaps, and Henri Martin places his own political opinions in it. He was elected as a deputy for Paris, a member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques and the Académie Française, and a senator for Aisne. Consultant : Mr. Philippe HENRY