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- Les Communeux de Paris 1871. Types
Les Communeux de Paris 1871. Types, Physionomies, Caractères.
Bertall (d'Arnoux Charles-Albert).
Gotschalck, ( (1871)), Paris
31.5 cm. Unpaginated. 34 full-page color plates with identifying text.
Price: $200
First edition of this collection of caricatures by Bertall (Charles-Albert d’Arnoux), artist for the newspaper “Le Grelot.” The Paris Commune was a French Revolutionary government that controlled Paris for two months, establishing policies that tended toward a progressive, socialist, anti-religious system. According to Wikipedia, “The various Communards had little more than two months to achieve their respective goals before the national French Army suppressed the Commune at the end of May during the semaine sanglante (“bloody week”) beginning on 21 May 1871. The national forces still loyal to the government either killed in battle or executed an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 Communards…” The color plates provide a marvelous portrayal of the varied participants. They (the plates, not the participants) are all in excellent condition. Bound in publisher’s red cloth with gold cover and spine lettering and decoration, sunned and worn.
