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AMI, L', du Peuple de Marat, 1792, 1871. Paris, Impr. Vallée, (1871). Large folio leaflet of 2 pp. Del Bo, La Comune di Parigi, p. 5. Extracts from Marat's journal, published during the days when the publication of republican newspapers was forbidden by General Vinoy. The extracts are preceded by an article, dated 14 March 1871, protesting against the suppression of newspapers.- Some holes along fold causing loss of a few letters and some lines difficult to read due to the fading of the ink. EUR 125
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AMI, L', du Peuple de Marat, 1792, 1871. Paris, Impr. Vallée, (1871). Large folio leaflet of 2 pp. Del Bo, La Comune di Parigi, p. 5. Extracts from Marat's journal, published during the days when the publication of republican newspapers was forbidden by General Vinoy. The extracts are preceded by an article, dated 14 March 1871, protesting against the suppression of newspapers.- Small hole in fold affecting a few letters, verso of poster with strengthening of the margins. EUR 125
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AUX HABITANTS de Paris. Un de leurs concitoyens. (Paris), Plon frères, (1848). Large folio poster on pink paper. Not in Les Murailles Révolutionnaires. Dated June 27, 1848, six o'clock in the morning. Summons to united action 'contre la perversité des conspirateurs et des anarchistes' and signed by 'un combattant de Juin.' EUR 175
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AUX TRAVAILLEURS de France. Le conseil national du Parti Ouvrier Français (1889-1900). Paris, Libr. G. Jacques et Cie, 1901. (4), 91, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine, original covers preserved. First collective edition in bookform. Collection of manifests and proclamations by the Parti Ouvrier Français, mainly edited by Jules Guesde and Paul Lafargue. At head of title: Onze ans d'histoire socialiste. EUR 250
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COMMISSION de Gouvernement pour les travailleurs. Séances du 3 et du 5 Mars 1848. No place, (1848). Large oblong sheet, text printed in 4 columns, verso blank. Proceedings of the discussions devoted to the organization of labour. EUR 75
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ELECTIONS. Les citoyens sont prévenus .... (Paris), Impr. Duverger, (1848). Folio poster on white paper. Not in Les Murailles Révolutionnaires. Dated April 24, 1848 and announcing that the elections will end 10 pm. Issued on the order of the Ministere de l'Interieur. Copy with a handwritten annotation dated 24 april 1848 and signed. EUR 75
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ENQUETE parlementaire sur l'insurrection du 18 Mars (1871). Versailles, Cerf, 1872. 3 volumes. - (Followed by:) RAPPORT sur les travaux de la Commission des grâces, présenté par M.M. Martel et F. Voisin. Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1875. - (Followed by:) RAPPORT sur les travaux de la Commission des grâces, par M. Martel. Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1876. - (Followed by:) RAPPORT d'ensemble de M. le général Appert sur les opérations de la justice militaire relatives à l'insurrection de 1871, présenté à l'Assemblée Nationale par ordre de M. le Maréchal de Mac Mahon, duc de Magenta, par M. le général de Cissey. Versailles, Cerf, 1875. 6 volumes bound in 2. (8), 633, 11 pp.; (4), 623, (8) pp.; (4), iii, xxviii, (4), 452 pp.; 44 pp.; 13 pp.; 365 pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards. First work: Del Bo, Comune di Parigi, p. 59; Le Quillec, 869. Fundamental source for the history of the Paris Commune of 1871. Rapports - Dépositions des témoins - Pièces justificatives.At head of title: Assemblée Nationale. Annexe au procès-verbal de la séance du 22 Décembre 1871.Second work: At head of title: Assemblé Nationale 1875.Annexe au procès-verbal de la séance du 20 Décembre 1875.Third work: At head of title: Assemblée Nationale 1875.Annexe au procès-verbal de la séance de la commission de permanence du 8 mars 1876.Fourth work: At head of title: Assemblée Nationale 1875.Annexe au procès-verbal de la séance du 20 Juillet 1875. EUR 850
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JOURNAL officiel de la République Française. 18 Mars-22 Mai 1871 (Year III, nrs 77-142). Paris, 1871. Large folio. Modern half cloth. Del Bo, Comune di Parigi, pp. 33-34; Lemonnyer, Les Journaux de Paris, p. 36. The Journal officiel for the Commune period, containing most of the official declarations proclaimed during the Paris Commune. This set contains 64 of the 67 numbers published during the Commune. EUR 750
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L'AMI DU PEUPLE EN 1848. An Ier de la République reconquise, par F.-V. Raspail. Paris, Au Bureau du Journal, 27 février-14 mai 1848. 21 numbers of 2 pages each. Folio. Modern halfred morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Hatin 439; Izambard, La Presse Parisienne de 1848-1849, p. 6; La Révolution de 1848, Bibliothèque Nationale, 1948, 450 (incomplete, runs upto April 20 !). Extremely rare complete set of this important journal, especially since, according to Izambard, the first two numbers were distributed as posters. Publication ceased after Raspail was arrested on May 15, 1848.The whole is preceded by 'Lettre du Citoyen F.V. Raspail, Représentant du Peuple, Aux Citoyens Électeurs de la Seine, Merci!', dated September 22, 1848, and by 'République Démocratique et Sociale. Raspail Président', dated November 1, 1848, both posters of great rarity. 'Contre les gens du National, de la famille Arago à Buchez, et du journaliste Marrast à l'avocat Marie de Saint-Georges, Raspail était des plus virulents' (Maitron, DBMOF, vol. iii, pp. 281-283).François Vincent Raspail, doctor, publicist and republicain activist. Between 1825 and 1830 Raspail published about 50 articles ranging from botany, zoology, and paleontology to microscopic anatomy, physiology, and forensic medicine. These studies were based on an early statement of cell theory, and he may be seen as a founder of microchemistry. He was also a pioneer advocate of antisepsis and improved sanitation and diet. His scientific career was limited by his continued refusal to accept official positions or awards. Also important were his studies on prison conditions and industrial safety.He was closely involved in the three great revolutionary movements of the century. The present journal was a democratic-socialist newspaper during the 1848 revolution. It was among the very few which survived for a longer period after the Provisional Government abolished or suspended almost all the restraints that the previous regime had placed on the press. It's success was mainly due to Raspail who also presided over a club with the same name. His involvement in the journée of 15 May led to his detention, and he was sentenced to six years in prison in March 1849; while in prison he was elected a deputy for Paris and Lyons in the September by-elections and won 37,000 votes, mainly from Paris and Lyons, in the presidential elections of December 1848. The first poster refers to his election as deputy, thanking those who voted for him, the second to his 'presidential campaign' in 1848. - One poster cut short lightly touching the last line. EUR 4500
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PROFESSION de foi de l'Église catholique française. (Drop-head title). (Nantes, Imprimerie du Commerce, V. Mangin et W. Bosseuil, 1831). 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Signed at end: Virgile Calland et Julien Le Rousseau. The Égilse catholique française was a dissident sect, which celebrated mass in the French language. It was a church which had leanings towards socialism. Julien Le Rousseau belonged to the fourierist circles. EUR 150
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SOCIALISTE, LE. Organe du Parti ouvrier. Paris, 29 August 1885-26 March 1887. 83 nrs. Folio. Unbound, as issued. - Added: nrs 57-57 and 63of the 5th series (1899). Guesdist socialist journal, edited by C. Deville, R. Fréjac, J. Guesde, P. Lafargue, A. Le Tailleur.Jules Guesde embraced the cause of the Commune and when it fell became an expatriate. He founded the Parti ouvrier with a Marxist program and became with Lafargue and Deville the popularizer of Marxist doctrines in France. He published pamphlets, lectured throughout France and attacked anarchism and opposed, in 1898, Jaurès, whom he reproached for associating himself with liberal intellectuals in the Dreyfuss affair. EUR 1200
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SPECIMEN authentique des infames spéculations auxquelles a donné lieu le siège de Paris 1870-1871. Paris, E. Blot, (1871). Text within a printed ornamental border. 4to poster. Maillard, Les Publications de la Rue pendant le Siège de la Commune, 398. Original edition. Text which accuses the government of neglecting the interests of the population of Paris by having failed to take the appropriate measures against speculation. Either hunger or ridiculous prices are the consequences for which the government will be held responsible. At the bottom, under the lists of prices for all sorts of products, the following line has been printed: 'N.B. - Les Gardes Nationaux touchaient, par jour, 1 fr. 50 de solde' as an example of how little can be bought with payment received. EUR 175
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BOUCHE DE FER, LA. Par Paschal Grousset. Paris, (Imprimerie de A. Vallée), 8 Mars-11 Mars 1871. 2 numbers of together 48 pp. Small 8vo. Modern cloth, black label with gilt lettering. Del Bo, Comune di Parigi, p. 5; Noël, Dictionnaire de la Commune, p. 199; Le Quillec, 324; Schulkind Commune Collection, p. 28; not in Lemonnyer, Les Journaux de Paris; not in Maillard; not in Drujon. All published. The publication was forbidden after the publication of nr 2 by order of General Vinoy, on March 11, 1871. Grousset founded also the well-known journal L'Affranchi.Paschal Jean François Grousset started as a doctor but became soon involved in politics and journalism opposing the Second Empire. He became director of La Marseillaise in which he launched a campaign against the prince Pierre Bonaparte. He was an active member of the Paris commune, was arrested and deported to Nouvelle-Calédonie from which he managed to escape with Jourde, Rochefort and 4 others: the only succesful escape in the history of the deportations! EUR 400
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COMMISSION DE GOUVERNEMENT pour les travailleurs. Séances du 3 et du 5 Mars 1848. No place, (1848). Large oblong sheet, text printed in 4 columns, verso blank. Proceedings of the discussions devoted to the organization of labour. EUR 75
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COMMISSION DE GOUVERNEMENT pour les travailleurs. Séances du 3 et du 5 Mars 1848. No place, (1848). Large oblong, text printed in 4 columns, verso blank. Disbound. Proceedings of the discussions devoted to the organization of labour. EUR 75
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CONGRES NATIONAL, 17e, tenu à Strasbourg les 25-29 février 1920. Compte rendu sténographique. Paris, au Siège du Conseil National, (1920). xxiii, (5), 574, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, gilt lettering to spine, green marbled boards. At the end of this National Congress the S.F.I.O. decided to leave the Second International. The partisans of the Second International had lost nearly all their support and they were defeated by a majority of more than 13 to 1. At head of title: Parti Socialiste (Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière). See for an elaborate account: G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, volume iv: Communism and Social Democracy, 1914-1931, part II, chapter One. EUR 375
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FEUILLE, LA. Par Zo d'Axa. Paris, 6 Octobre 1897 - 28 Mars 1899. With 25 full-page satirical drawings, partly in colour. 25 numbers of 2 pp. each, loose as issued, unfolded. Folio. Kept in the original red illustrated wrapper. Maitron, Le Mouvement anarchiste en France, p. 589; DBMOF, vol. 15, pp. 355-356. All published. - A rare complete set as most copies in existence disappear as single prints. Zo d'Axa, the pseudonym of Alphonse Galland (1864-1930) founded this journal which was published a chaque occasion. Collaborators were Steinlen, Willette, Léandre, Hermann-Paul, Couturier, Anquetin, Luce. It was an anarcho-pacifist journal with biting satirical drawings.Adventurer, traveller, anti-militarist, individualist, satirist, journalist, founder of two of the most legendary French magazines of the 1890s, L'En dehors and La Feuille, Zo d'Axa (1864-1930) led a turbulent life. In May 1891, he published the first number of the weekly magazine L'En Dehors. Many anarchists contributed, but the paper was soon shut down with the suppression of the anarchists. After the arrest of Ravachol & companions, Zo D' Axa launched a subscription to help the families of the prisoners. For this he was arrested and imprisoned in Mazas for a month. Released, he was still harrassed and opted for exile in London, then traveled in Europe. Expelled from Italy, he went to Greece, then Constantinople. January 1, 1893, while disembarking in Jaffa he was seized and put in irons on a French ship and returned to Paris, where he ended up with another 18 months in the prison of Sainte-Pélagie.Zo d'Axa was beyond any ideology and expressed his position as follows: 'nous allons - individuels, sans la Foi qui sauve et qui aveugle. Nos dégoûts de la Société n'engendrent pas en nous d'immuables convictions. Nous nous battons pour la joie des batailles et sans rêve d'avenir meilleur. Que nous importent les lendemains qui seront dans des siècles! .....' EUR 1500
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HOMME, L'. Journal de la démocratie universelle. Jersey, London, 1853-1856 (Paris, EDHIS, 1977). 132 nrs and 2 supplements, in 1 volume. Large folio. Imitation leather. Numbers 1-53 (30 novembre 1853-29 novembre 1854); numbers 1-53 (6 decembre 1854-28 decembre 1855); numbers 107-132 (1 mars 1856-28 aout 1856). The two supplements are to be found after number 45 of the first series and is entitled 'Discours de Victor Hugo prononcé le 27 septembre 1854 sur la tombe du Citoyen Felix Bony, proscrit français, mort a Jersey', the second is to be found after number one of the second series and is entitled 'Discours de Louis Kossuth.' Very well executed reproduction on good paper of the complete text of this famous international journal in a limited edition of 150 copies. The journal was severely prosecuted at the time throughout Europe. The editors were Victor Hugo, Louis Blanc, Felix Pyat, Pierre Leroux, Ledru-Rollin, Victor Schoelcher for the French, Alexander Herzen for the Russians, Dombrowski, Oborski, Zeno Swietoslawski and Worcel for the Polish. Louis Kossuth and Sandor Teleki for the Hungarians, Mazzini, Mazzolini, Aurelio Saffi for the Italians, W.W. Linton and G. Julian Harney for the English, Geurz for the Germans, and other famous collaborators such as Barbès, Jeanne Deroin, Constantin Pecqueur, etc.L'Homme was the first international journal and prosecuted in all European countries, it was created at the moment that almost all democratic and socialist journals had dissappeared in continental Europe. It is an indispensable source for the revolutionary and socialist movements in the 19th century, linking the 1848 revolution to the birth of the Workers' International in 1864, the revolution of September 1870, and the Commune of Paris. EUR 600
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L'ATELIER. Organe spécial de la classe ouvrière rédigé par des ouvriers exclusivement. Paris, 1840-1850 (Paris, EDHIS, 1978). Three volumes. 4to. Cloth. Important workers' newspaper appearing monthly from September 1840 to July 1850. It was edited by about seventy-five skilled workers, including twenty-six printing workers, and its articles were written by a collective of printers, hat makers, jewelers, and other skilled workers. L'Atelier is of central importance as a mouthpiece of workers' demands for state-financed producers' cooperatives and associations and for its class analysis of relations of production and surplus labour. However, it stressed its hostility to violence, expropriation, and collectivist or "communist" solutions. It was consistently democratic and called for political solutions to workers' grievances. The editors were in contact with English workers and Italian refugees in London and corresponded with the Chartists. The editor of this reprint, Maurice Agulhon, considers the 1840's as a turningpoint in the revolutionary movement. 'The prestige of streetbattles and secret societies has dropped. The workman is now reading, writing and starts to organize himself. They are now becoming selfconfident autonomic power.' Since then this attitude is specifically called 'Socialism'. L'Atelier wished to be a leading cultural and political journal. It was edited and written by men who lived at the heart of militant Paris. The journal reflects all aspects of this life, and offers the scholar opinions and information of a remarkable objective nature and sometimes of a thrilling subjective nature. Complete copies of the original imprint hardly exist anymore. They have rarely been on the market and have always been offered in incomplete state. The Union List of Serials lists 3 sets only, two of which appear to be complete. This reprint was done in a limited number of copies, on fine quality paper and well bound. EUR 400
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LITERATURA sotsial' no-revolyutsionnoi partii 'Narodnoi Voli'. (Paris), 1905. (2), ii, 978 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine in compartments andwith gilt lettering, original covers preserved. Zaleski 1772. Reprint of the complete sets of the journals 'Narodnaya Volja' (1879-1885), 'Listok Narodnoi Voli' (1880-1881) and 'Rabochaya Gazeta' (1880-1881), edited by V. Bazilevsky. Includes documents (programs), proclamations and other material published by these journals. The journal of the radical political group 'Narodnaya Volya' (People's Will), a group of radical revolutionaries which broke away from the 'Zemlya i Volya' (Land and Liberty) at a famous meeting. The Narodnaya repesented those who were convinced that efforts to promote an economic revolution, which had formed the basis of the 'to the people' movement, were useless unless political liberty was first attained; hence, they addressed themselves directly to the task of wringing from the government by force and threats concessions which would allow the people of Russia to participate in the work of the government. This program made a wide appeal, outside the ranks of the revolutionaries themselves, to a large body of the public.The Rabochaya Gazeta (Workers' Gazette) was produced by a group of about thirty students capable of spreading propaganda through speeches and leaflets among the working classes. It was written in a deliberately simple and popular style and contained stories with a social background, descriptions of the difficulties of the working class life, vivid accounts of the unemployment, dismissals, fines and reduced wages in various factories in St Petersburg.See: F. Venturi, Roots of Revolution, with an elaborate chapter on the Narodnaya Volja and their journal as well as the Rabochaya Gazeta.Copy which belonged to Vera Gotz. EUR 750
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PERE-DUCHENE, LE. Paris, En vente aux Bureau du Père Duchêne et chez tous les libraires, 16 ventôse, an 79-3 prairialan 79 (6 mars-22 mai 1871). 68 numbers of 8 pages each bound in 1 volume. 8vo. Half morocco, spine gilt with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Del Bo, Comune di Parigi, p. 41; Maillard, pp. 156 ff.; Le Quillec, 1946. Complete set. Edited by E. Vermersch, A. Humbert and M. Vuillaume. EUR 600
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PERE-DUCHENE, LE. Paris, En vente aux Bureau du Père Duchêne et chez tous les libraires, 16 ventôse, an 79-3 prairialan 79 (6 mars-22 mai 1871). 68 numbers of 8 pages each bound in 1 volume. 8vo. Half morocco, spine gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering, marbled boards (slightly worn). Del Bo, Comune di Parigi, p. 41; Maillard, pp. 156 ff.; Le Quillec, 1946. Complete set. Edited by E. Vermersch, A. Humbert and M. Vuillaume. EUR 550
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PERE-DUCHENE, LE. Paris, En vente aux Bureau du Père Duchêne et chez tous les libraires, 16 ventôse, an 79-3 prairialan 79 (6 mars - 22 mai 1871). 68 numbers of 8 pages each bound in 1 volume (uncut). 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine decorated gilt with gilt lettering, mabled boards, top edge gilt. Del Bo, Comune di Parigi, p. 41; Maillard, pp. 156 ff.; Le Quillec, 1946. All published. Edited by E. Vermersch, A. Humbert and M. Vuillaume. Complete collection of this immensely popular journal, which had a very substantial distribution.Bound with: A number 69, printed in 1882 after proofsheets saved from the printers when the army entered. - LE PERE DU CHENE. Paris, (Mai 1871). 8 pp. - LA MERE DUCHENE. Nr 2 (of 3 numbers published). Paris, (mai 1871). 8 pp. (Del Bo p. 36). - LE POMPIER de Nanterre aux Parisiens. Paris, (1871). 8 pp. - SOUVENIR de la Commune. (Paris, 1871). Folio lithographed leaf in favour of the Commune and dedicated to the Garde National, folded to match the seize of the volume. - CHAMPAGNE, G. Paris en feu, ou les nuits des 23, 24 et 25 mai 1871. Poème dramatique. Paris, (1871). 7, (1) pp. EUR 900
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PROCES des accusés du 15 mai devant la Haute-Cour de Bourges. Paris, chez les éditeurs-associés, 1849. With frontispiece showing the portraits of Hubert, Louis Blanc, Flotte and Blanqui. Nrs 1-36. 143 pp. 4to. Sewn, original covers with portrait of Raspail (spine and inner margin of cover damaged and stained). Bibliothèque Nationale, La Révolution de 1848, Exposition, (1948), nrs 866-879; not in Izambard. A supplement of 19 nrs was published as Supplément de la tribune des Peuples later in 1849.The accused were Blanqui, Flotte, Martin dit Albert, Barbès, Sobrier, Raspeil, Quentin, Degré, Larger, Borme, Thomas, Courtais, Blanc, Seigneuret, Houneau, Huber, Laviron, Chancel, Caussidière, Villain. EUR 350
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RAPPORTS sur les opérations et les faits militaires auxquels la Garde Nationale a pris part, dans les journées des 5 et 6 Juin (1832). Paris, Imprimerie de Crapelet, Juin 1832. (4), 90 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, original printed covers preserved. First edition. Jean Maximin Lamarque was a general and Restoration deputy. He died on 2 June 1832. His funeral (5 june) which coincided with a Parisian cholera epidemic and an economic crisis producing widespread unemployment and high bread prices, was an opportunity for a liberal demostration to counter the Orleanist rally at Casimir Périer's funeral on 16 May.After a funeral service at the Madeleine, Lamarque's body was to be carried to the pont d'Austerlitz, where it would be embarked for burial in the general's home town near Bordeaux. The huge procession of supporters, political refugees from Spain, Poland, and Italy, and the largely republican artillery units of the National Guard sang the 'Marseillaise' and called for the establishment of a republic. Violence broke out during speeches at the bridge, (.....). An attempt was made to carry the coffin to the Pantheon, and barricades were thrown up from the place des Victoires to the Jardin des Plantes. The insurrection, though widespread, was leaderless, and Louis-Philippe, after some hesistation, brought regular troops into the city. By the evening of 5 June the revolt had been confined to the fourth arrondissement. On 6 June, units of the army and the National Guard wiped out the last vestiges of resistance in the cloister of the church of St.-Merri with artillery and the bayonet. The total number of dead was estimated at 800. The case of the barricade of the rue du Cloître Saint-Merri inspired Victor Hugo in his Les misérables. EUR 225
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REVOLUTIONS DU XIXe SIECLE, LES. Deuxième Série. 1835-1848. Collection of rare French revolutionary publications from the years 1835-1848. Paris, EDHIS 1979. 12 volumes, 11 in 4to, 1 in folio. Original publisher's leather. Well-done reprint, all volumes with a table at the beginning and an index at the end, and since long out-of-print. I-II: Le Mouvement Ouvrier, 1834-1848. - III-IV: La Propagande socialiste, 1834-1848. - V: Cabet, le Communisme icarien de 1840 à 1847. - VI-VIII: Révolutionaires et Néo-Babouvistes, 1835-1847. - IX-XI: Les procès des sociétés secrètes devant la Cour des Pairs: L'insurrection de Mai 1839 - L'attentat Darmès, 11 Mai 1840 - L'attentat Quénisset, 13 Septembre 1841. - XII: Feuilles populaires et documents divers, 1835-1848.Important collection offering a wealth of rare and very difficult to find material from the period and forming a wonderful source. Each volume with a table of contents and an index. A detailed list of contents per volume is available upon request. EUR 1500
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(BAZARD, S.A.) Doctrine de Saint-Simon. Exposition. Première année 1828-1829. Troisième édition, revue et augmentée. Paris, au Bureau de l'Organisateur, 1831. - (Bound with:) (BAZARD, S.A. & B.P. ENFANTIN). Religion saint-simonienne. Lettre à M. le Président de la Chambre des Députés. (Paris, Imprimerie Everat, 1830). 2 works in 1 volume. 432 pp.; 8 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments with gilt lettering. First work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 143; Kress C.2783; Goldsmiths 27194; Einaudi 1595. Third, revised and augmented edition. The preface, covering the pages 5-57 has been written by Enfantin and is followed by Gustave d'Eichtal's A un catholique sur la vie et le caractère de Saint-Simon, covering the pages 59-73. Second work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 22; Kress C.2441; Goldsmiths 26585; Einaudi 368. EUR 300
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(BEAURIEU, G.G. DE.) L'élève de la nature. Nouvelle édition avec figures. A Paris, Chez J.G. Mérigot jeune, 1793. With 3 engraved frontispieces. 3 volumes. 195 pp.; 196 pp.;204 pp. 12mo. Modern boards. Gove, pp. 350-352; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme Utopique, chapitre IV; cf.: Hartig & Soboul, p. 58; Valette 16; Kress 6522; cf.: INED 348; not in Negley; not in Versins. Integral re-edition published during the Revolution, of this utopian account of physiocratic inspiration. Including also the 'Lettres à l'auteur des Ephémérides du Citoyen (P.S. Dupont de Nemours) sur un pays très florissant où il n'y a point de villes', dealing with 'Nouvelle Yorck', 'La Virginie' and 'Williams-Burg'. The work was first published in 1763 and was clearly inspired by Rousseau's Emile.'(Beaurieu) avait la passion des enfants et s'occupait sans cesse de leur éducation (.....). Il conçut l'idée d'exécuter pratiquement 'L'Elève de la Nature' en faisant des expériences sur deux couples séparés (.....). C'est comme un exemple singulier de ces illusions morales, pédagogiques et humanitaires, dont le rôle effectif fut considérable, que j'ai cru pouvoir rappeler le nom oublié du pauvre Beaurieu' (Lichtenberger). EUR 500
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(CHEVALIER, M.) Religion saint-simonienne. Politique européenne. Articles extraits du Globe. Paris, Au Bureau du Globe, 1831. (4), 127 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, uncut. Fournel 80,2; not in Walch; Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 115; Kress C.2756; Goldsmiths 27181; Einaudi 1070. First edition. Collection of articles published earlier in the Saint-Simonian journal Le Globe and dealing with European politics. EUR 125
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(CHEVALIER, M.) Religion saint-simonienne. La presse. Articles extrait du Globe, journal de la doctrine de Saint-Simon. Paris, au Bureau du Globe et de l'Organisateur, 1831. 28 pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed blue covers, small loss to lower outer margin Fournel 82,4; Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 93; Goldsmiths 27033; not in Kress; not in Einaudi. First edition. Collection of articles published earlier in the Saint-Simonian journal Le Globe. EUR 75
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(CONSIDERANT, V.) Bases de la politique positive. Manifeste de l'Ecole Sociétaire fondé par Fourier. Deuxième édition. Paris, Bureau de la Phalange, 1842. 218, 45 (publisher's catalogue) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary cloth, label with gilt lettering, original covers preserved. Del Bo, Fourier, p. 12; Einaudi 1240; Goldsmiths 33064; not in Kress. Second edition, first published in 1841. Victor Considérant was a French political and economic theorist whose principal work was to clarify, popularize and apply specifically to the problems of his day the doctrine of Charles Fourier, whose best advocate he remains. EUR 400
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(DUPONT DE NEMOURS, P.S.) Avant-dernier chapitre de l'histoire des Jacobins. (Paris), In fine: De l'Imprimerie de l'Auteur, seconde édition, (1792). 30 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Schelle 51; Martin & Walter 12137; not in Monglond; not in Tourneux. Second edition. Drop-head title on the first page reads: Lettre de M. Du Pont aux citoyens constitutionnaires, 14 mai de l'an IV. Fundamental criticism of Jacobine politics in which Du Pont discusses the circumstances through which the assembly has lost so much of its sovereignty, delivers an excellent analysis of constitutional politics and argues for the return to a constitutional and legitimate government of which he also recapitulates the fundamental principles. EUR 300
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(ENFANTIN, B.P.) Religion saint-simonienne. Réunion générale de la famille. Séances des 19 et 21 novembre 1831. Enseignements faits par le Père Suprême. Transformations du dogme saint-simonien. Réhabilitation de la chair. L'histoire. L'autorité et la liberté. La loi vivante. Suite de la loi vivante. Paris, Bureau du Globe, 1832. - (Bound with:) RELIGION SAINT-SIMONIENNE. La prophétie. Articles extraits du Globe du 19 février au 20 avril 1832. Ménilmontant, le 1er juin 1832. Paris, Everat, 1832. - (Bound with:) (CHEVALIER, M.) Religion saint-simonienne. Politique européenne. Articles extraits du Globe. Paris, au Bureau du Globe, 1831. - (Bound with:) PEREIRE, J. Religion saint-simonienne. Leçons sur l'industrie et les finances, prononcées à la salle de l'Athenée suivis d'un projet de banque. Paris, au Bureau du Globe, 1832. - (Bound with:) (CHEVALIER, M.) Religion saint-simonienne. Politique industrielle et système de la Méditerranée. Paris, Everat, 1832. 5 works bound in 1 volume. (2), 154 pp.; 114, (2) pp.; (4), 127 pp.; (4), 105 pp.; (4), (7)-150, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments with blind stamped ornaments and gilt lettering, marbled edges. First work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 181; Kress C.3134; Goldsmiths 27773. The pages 59-64 contain: 'Note sur le mariage et le divorce lue au collège le 17 octobre 1831, par le Père Rodrigues.' Second work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 323; Kress C.3292; Goldsmiths 27772. Articles by B.P. Enfantin, Ch. Duveyrier, G. d'Eichtal, M. Chevalier and E. Barrault. Engraved portrait of Enfantin added. Third work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 115; Goldsmiths 27181; cf.: Kress C.2756. The titlepage and the 'table des matières' have been bound between the pages 113-114 of the preceding work. Fourth work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 309; Kress C.3262; Goldsmiths 27795; cf.: Walch 437. The pages 83-105 contain: 'Projet de banque présenté le 4 septembre 1830 par MM. Pereire.' Both Walch and Walch-Gerits, Supplement list this title under I(saac) Pereire, and Kress lists it under Jules Pereire. The correct attribution however is Jacob-Émile Pereire. Fifth work: Walch 360; Kress C.3095; Goldsmiths 27761. Articles signed by M. Chevalier, S. Plechat, Ch. Duveyrier and H. Fournel. Collected articles from Le Globe of 8, 21, 30 March and of 2, 9, 11, 13, 16 and 20 April, followed by a re-edition of Système de la Méditerranée. Edition limited to 400 copies. EUR 1250
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(ENFANTIN, P.) Religion saint-simonienne. Lettre du Père Enfantin à Charles Duveyrier. Lettre du Père Enfantin à François et à Peifer, chefs de l'Église de Lyon. Le Prêtre. L'homme et la femme. (Extrait du Globe du 18 juin 1831). Paris, Everat, 1831. - (Bound with:) (BARRAULT, E.) Religion saint-simonienne. Prédication. L'art. Paris, au Bureau du Globe et de l'Organisateur, 1831. - (Bound with:) (TRANSON, A.) De la religion saint-simonienne. Aux élèves de l'école polytechnique. Paris, au Bureau de l'Organisateur, 1830. - (Bound with:) LECHEVALIER, J. Aux saint-simoniens. Lettre sur la division survenue dans l'association saint-simonienne. Paris, Everat, 1831. - (Bound with:) (BAZARD, S.A. & P. ENFANTIN.) Religion saint-simonienne. Lettre à M. le Président de la Chambre des Députés. (Paris, Everat, 1830). - (Bound with:) (CARNOT, H.) Doctrine saint-simonienne. Résumé général de l'exposition faite en 1829 et 1830. Extrait de la Revue Encyclopédique. Deuxième édition. Paris, au Bureau de l'Organisateur et du Globe, 1831. - (Bound with:) RELIGION SAINT-SIMONIENNE. Communion générale de la famille saint-simonienne. (Extrait de l'Organisateur). (Paris, Everat, 1831.) - (Bound with:) (LEMONNIER, C.) Religion saint-simonienne. Église de Toulouse. Enseignement de l'Athénée. Avenir de la femme. Toulouse, A. Henault, 1831. - (Bound with:) RELIGION SAINT-SIMONIENNE. Cérémonie du 27 novembre. Paris, au Bureau du Globe, 1831. Nine works bound in one volume. (2), 22 pp.; 25, (1) pp.; 70 pp.; 56 pp.; 8 pp.; (2), 45 pp.; 40 pp.; 18 pp.; 24 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering. First work: Walch 319; Kress C.2795; Goldsmiths 27192; Einaudi 1745. Second work: Walch 389: cf.: Einaudi 4960; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Third work: Walch 811; Goldsmiths 26607; Einaudi 5723; not in Kress. Fourth work: Walch 586; Kress C.2862; Goldsmiths 27210; not in Einaudi. Signed and dated at end: Paris 20 décembre 1831. Jules. Fifth work: Walch 350; Kress C.2441; Einaudi 368; not in Goldsmiths. Signed at end: Bazard et Enfantin, chefs de la religion saint-simonienne. Sixth work: Walch 740; Kress C.2752 (3rd edition); Goldsmiths 27179; Einaudi 902. Seventh work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, p. 330; Goldsmiths 27217; Einaudi 4670; not in Kress.Eighth work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, p. 250; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. Ninth work: Not in Walch; not in Walch-Gerits, Supplement; Kress C.2928; Goldsmiths 27216; Einaudi 4669. EUR 1250
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(ENFANTIN, P.) Religion saint-simonienne. Morale. Réunion générale de la famille. Enseignements du Père Suprème. Les trois familles. Paris, Librairie saint-simonienne, 1832. With portrait as frontispiece (loose). (4), 207, (4) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half hard-grained morocco, marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, top of spine and upper joint a bit rubbed. Cf.: Walch 316; Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 175; Kress C.3132; Goldsmiths 27774; Einaudi 1749. First edition. The text of Les trois familles was written by E. Barrault. This work provoked prosecution on the grounds of 'immorality' of the saint-simonian family and of Enfantin, Chevalier and Barrault personally. Oval stamp on title-page: Bibliotheque Saint-Simonienne and in the center of the oval "Pereire", on front paste-down a label: "P 85". EUR 225
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(GALLAND, A. PSEUD.:) ZO D'AXA. Les feuilles. Dessins de Steinlen, Willette, Léandre, Hermann-Paul, Couturier, Anquetin, Luce. Paris, Société Libre d'édition des gens de lettres, 1900. With reproductions of black and white drawings. 305 pp. 8vo. Original decorated cover, kept in boards holder in a boards slipcase. Maitron, Le Mouvement anarchiste en France, p. 589; DBMOF, 15, p. 355-356. Contains texts and drawings published by Zo d'Axa during the years 1897-1899. Zo d'Axa published these 'a chaque occasion' and they are here collected and published again in bookform. Adventurer, traveller, anti-militarist, individualist, satirist, journalist, founder of two of the most legendary French magazines of the 1890s, L'Endehors and La Feuille, Zo d'Axa (1864-1930) led a turbulent life. In May 1891, he published the first number of the weekly magazine L'En Dehors. Many anarchists contributed, but the paper was soon shut down with the suppression of the anarchists. After the arrest of Ravachol & companions, Zo d'Axa launched a subscription to help the families of the prisoners. For this he was arrested and imprisoned in Mazas for a month. Released, he was still harrassed and opted for exile in London, then traveled in Europe. Expelled from Italy, he went to Greece, then Constantinople. January 1, 1893, while disembarking in Jaffa he was seized and put in irons on a French ship and returned to Paris, where he ended up with another 18 months in the prison of Sainte-Pélagie.Zo d'Axa was beyond any ideology and expressed his position as follows: 'nous allons - individuels, sans la Foi qui sauve et qui aveugle. Nos dégoûts de la Société n'engendrent pas en nous d'immuables convictions. Nous nous battons pour la joie des batailles et sans rêve d'avenir meilleur. Que nous importent les lendemains qui seront dans des siècles! .....' EUR 500
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(GENTON & L. GREPPO & ALLERAT.) La vérité sur les événements de Lyon au mois d'avril 1834. Paris, Dentu; Lyon, Chambert, 1834. With 2 plates. - (Followed by:) SALA, A. Les ouvriers lyonnais en 1834. Esquisses historiques. Paris, Hivert, 1834. - (Followed by:) RELATION historique des événements de Lyon, pendant les journées des 9, 10, et 11 avril 1834. - Journées de 12, 13, 14 14 avril à Lyon, faisant suite à la Relation historique des événements de Lyon. (Drop-head title). (Lyon, Impr. J.M. Boursy, 1834). - (Followed by:) BEAULIEU, C. Histoire du commerce, de l'industrie et des fabriques de Lyon, depuis leur origine jusqu'à nos jours. Lyon, A. Baron, 1838. 4 works bound in 1 volume. (4), ii, (2), 280 pp.; 164 pp.; 16 pp.; vii, (1), 310 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, labels with gilt lettering, boards and extremities very lightly rubbed. First work: Charléty, Bibliographie de Lyon, ii, 3643.Second work: Charléty, Bibliographie de Lyon, ii, 3638.Third work: Not in Charléty, Bibliographie de Lyon.Fourth work: Kress C.4556; Goldsmiths 30372; not in Einaudi. All first editions. The Lyon revolts of 1831-1834 were the last of a century-long series of labor disturbances in the city's silk industry, France's largest urban artisinal trade. The uprisings of 1831 and 1834 marked the final efforts of France's most militant preindustrial work-force to secure decent incomes and a voice in the management of an industry in which their influence had steadily declined (Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 Restauration to the Second Empire, vol. i, pp. 651-656). EUR 500
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(GUESDE, J. & P. LAFARGUE.) Aux travailleurs de France. Le Conseil National du Parti Ouvrier Français (1889-1900). Paris, Librairie Jacques & Cie., 1901. (4), 91, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, original covers preserved. First edition Contains manifests of the Parti Ouvrier Français, collected and introduced by Bracke. At head of title: Onze ans d'histoire socialiste. EUR 225
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(HERZEN, A. PSEUD.:) ISKANDER. Kontsy i nachala. S predisloviem avtora. Norrkoeping, Eric Biornström, 1863. (2), iv, (2, blank), 96 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt, original covers preserved. Anderson 302; Kilgour 436; Zaleski 197. First separate edition: Herzen's letters to Turgenev, which first appeared in My Past and Thoughts, published here with a new introduction. 'Herzen's renewed interest in Russia's past and future was closely linked to his bitter disappointment in the "old world". He was a discerning critic of bourgeois society, even if his strictures were not always fair. The modern reader is struck especially by certain far-sighted observations, that seem to anticipate criticism of a complex phenomenon we have come to refer to as "mass culture". Herzen's most interesting comments in this respect are to be found in a series of articles entitled Ends and Beginnings, in which he conducted a polemic with Ivan Turgenev, who had become the moral authority for liberal Westernizers in Russia' (Andrzej Walicki, A History of Russian Thought, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1980, p. 170). Alexander Herzen (1812-70) was a prominent nineteenth-century Russian social thinker and is known as the 'father of Russian socialism.' Early in his intellectual development, Herzen was influenced by German idealist thinkers such as Schiller and Schelling. He believed in the autonomy and dignity of the individual and opposed forces, such as family and state, that oppressed the individual. Later, under the influence of French socialist thinkers such as Charles Fourier, Herzen's thought became more radical. Herzen projected his earlier concern for the oppressed individual onto society at large and he became a supporter of socialism. The socialism he envisioned was a loose federation of self-governing communes. Only in such a system could the ideal society be achieved- according to Herzen that society would be a free association of individuals which provided for the full flowering of each personality. Herzen initially placed his hopes for this future order in the European socialist movement. After the failure of the 1848 revolutions to achieve socialist principles, however, Herzen became disillusioned about European prospects and turned his attention to Russia. Herzen argued that socialist transformation would actually come first to Russia because communal institutions such as the peasant commune survived and bourgeois attitudes hadn't yet emerged. This sense of the advantages of Russian 'backwardness' was influential among the Populists in the 1870s. Herzen has been called a 'gentry revolutionary.' The illegitimate son of a wealthy landowner, Herzen viewed the gentry as a progressive class. The revolution he envisioned was for the people but not necessarily by them. Also, his socialism was a national destiny rather than a class one, and because he promoted the value of individualism in collectivist form--in other words, the full flowering of the individual could best be realized in a socialist order. Among Herzen's works are From the Other Shore (1848-50) and The Russian People and Socialism and his autobiography, My Past and Thoughts.He founded a periodical, the famous Kolokol, in whose pages the free word first appeared in the Russian language, unhampered by censor or police, exposing the government's secrets, criticizing bureaucratic abuses, approving the good intentions of the czar, the 'liberator', and trying to dictate to him a reform program. EUR 750
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(HERZEN, A. PSEUD.:) ISKANDER. Kontsy i nachala. S predisloviem avtora. Norrkoeping, Eric Biornström, 1863. (2), iv, (2, blank), 96 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, original coverspreserved. Anderson 302; Kilgour 436; Zaleski 197. First separate edition: Herzen's letters to Turgenev, which first appeared in My Past and Thoughts, published here with a new introduction. 'Herzen's renewed interest in Russia's past and future was closely linked to his bitter disappointment in the "old world". He was a discerning critic of bourgeois society, even if his strictures were not always fair. The modern reader is struck especially by certain far-sighted observations, that seem to anticipate criticism of a complex phenomenon we have come to refer to as "mass culture". Herzen's most interesting comments in this respect are to be found in a series of articles entitled Ends and Beginnings, in which he conducted a polemic with Ivan Turgenev, who had become the moral authority for liberal Westernizers in Russia' (Andrzej Walicki, A History of Russian Thought, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1980, p. 170). Alexander Herzen (1812-70) was a prominent nineteenth-century Russian social thinker and is known as the 'father of Russian socialism.' Early in his intellectual development, Herzen was influenced by German idealist thinkers such as Schiller and Schelling. He believed in the autonomy and dignity of the individual and opposed forces, such as family and state, that oppressed the individual. Later, under the influence of French socialist thinkers such as Charles Fourier, Herzen's thought became more radical. Herzen projected his earlier concern for the oppressed individual onto society at large and he became a supporter of socialism. The socialism he envisioned was a loose federation of self-governing communes. Only in such a system could the ideal society be achieved- according to Herzen that society would be a free association of individuals which provided for the full flowering of each personality. Herzen initially placed his hopes for this future order in the European socialist movement. After the failure of the 1848 revolutions to achieve socialist principles, however, Herzen became disillusioned about European prospects and turned his attention to Russia. Herzen argued that socialist transformation would actually come first to Russia because communal institutions such as the peasant commune survived and bourgeois attitudes hadn't yet emerged. This sense of the advantages of Russian 'backwardness' was influential among the Populists in the 1870s. Herzen has been called a 'gentry revolutionary.' The illegitimate son of a wealthy landowner, Herzen viewed the gentry as a progressive class. The revolution he envisioned was for the people but not necessarily by them. Also, his socialism was a national destiny rather than a class one, and because he promoted the value of individualism in collectivist form--in other words, the full flowering of the individual could best be realized in a socialist order. Among Herzen's works are From the Other Shore (1848-50) and The Russian People and Socialism and his autobiography, My Past and Thoughts.He founded a periodical, the famous Kolokol, in whose pages the free word first appeared in the Russian language, unhampered by censor or police, exposing the government's secrets, criticizing bureaucratic abuses, approving the good intentions of the czar, the 'liberator', and trying to dictate to him a reform program. EUR 750
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(HERZEN, A. PSEUD.:) ISKANDER. Kontsy i nachala. S predisloviem avtora. Norrkoeping, Eric Biornström, 1863. (2), iv, (2, blank), 96 pp. 8vo. Sewn in the original yellow printed covers. Anderson 302; Kilgour 436; Zaleski 197. First separate edition: Herzen's letters to Turgenev, which first appeared in My Past and Thoughts, published here with a new introduction. 'Herzen's renewed interest in Russia's past and future was closely linked to his bitter disappointment in the "old world". He was a discerning critic of bourgeois society, even if his strictures were not always fair. The modern reader is struck especially by certain far-sighted observations, that seem to anticipate criticism of a complex phenomenon we have come to refer to as "mass culture". Herzen's most interesting comments in this respect are to be found in a series of articles entitled Ends and Beginnings, in which he conducted a polemic with Ivan Turgenev, who had become the moral authority for liberal Westernizers in Russia' (Andrzej Walicki, A History of Russian Thought, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1980, p. 170). Alexander Herzen (1812-70) was a prominent nineteenth-century Russian social thinker and is known as the 'father of Russian socialism.' Early in his intellectual development, Herzen was influenced by German idealist thinkers such as Schiller and Schelling. He believed in the autonomy and dignity of the individual and opposed forces, such as family and state, that oppressed the individual. Later, under the influence of French socialist thinkers such as Charles Fourier, Herzen's thought became more radical. Herzen projected his earlier concern for the oppressed individual onto society at large and he became a supporter of socialism. The socialism he envisioned was a loose federation of self-governing communes. Only in such a system could the ideal society be achieved- according to Herzen that society would be a free association of individuals which provided for the full flowering of each personality. Herzen initially placed his hopes for this future order in the European socialist movement. After the failure of the 1848 revolutions to achieve socialist principles, however, Herzen became disillusioned about European prospects and turned his attention to Russia. Herzen argued that socialist transformation would actually come first to Russia because communal institutions such as the peasant commune survived and bourgeois attitudes hadn't yet emerged. This sense of the advantages of Russian 'backwardness' was influential among the Populists in the 1870s. Herzen has been called a 'gentry revolutionary.' The illegitimate son of a wealthy landowner, Herzen viewed the gentry as a progressive class. The revolution he envisioned was for the people but not necessarily by them. Also, his socialism was a national destiny rather than a class one, and because he promoted the value of individualism in collectivist form--in other words, the full flowering of the individual could best be realized in a socialist order. Among Herzen's works are From the Other Shore (1848-50) and The Russian People and Socialism and his autobiography, My Past and Thoughts.He founded a periodical, the famous Kolokol, in whose pages the free word first appeared in the Russian language, unhampered by censor or police, exposing the government's secrets, criticizing bureaucratic abuses, approving the good intentions of the czar, the 'liberator', and trying to dictate to him a reform program. EUR 750
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(MARECHAL, S.) Catéchisme du curé Meslier, mis au jour par l'éditeur de l'Almanach des honnêtes gens. L'An Premier, Du règne de la Raison & de la Liberté; de l'Ere vulgaire 1789, Imprimé en 1790 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). With engraved frontispiece. 55, (1) pp. 8vo. Boards. Reprint of this very rare work by Marechal, published in a limited and numbered edition of 150 copies, and 30 not destined for the trade and since long out-of-print. Catechism of materialism, which owes to Meslier only its title, but which is in fact entirely the work of 'L'Homme sans Dieu', Sylvain Maréchal. EUR 125
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(MARECHAL, S.) Dame Nature à la barre de l'Assemblée Nationale. A Paris, Chez les Marchands de Nouveautés, 1791 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976) (2), 46 pp. 8vo. Boards. Reprint of this very rare work, published in a limited and numbered edition of 150 copies and 30 not destined for the trade and since long out-of-print. General strikes will force the rich to a new and now equal distribution of wealth. This only will be the real revolution. Social manifest of striking topicality. EUR 125
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(PECHMEJA, J. DE.) Télèphe en XII livres. A Paris, Chez Devaux, Patris, l'an Troisième (1795). With two engraved frontispieces. 2 volumes in one. (6, including frontispiece), 202 pp.; (6, including frontispiece), 204 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with gilt lettering, red edges. Soboul & Hartig, p. 68; Negley 898; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, p. 368. Third edition. Utopian account imitating the Télemaque. The author denounces the tyranny exercized by the rich over the poor. He mediates in a slave revolt against their oppressors and attacks the principle of slavery and inequality. - First and last leaves with a waterstain. EUR 500
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(PERIER, C.P.) Chambre des Députés. Session 1831. Communication faite au nom du gouvernement, par M. le Président du Conseil, ministre secrétaire d'État au Département de l'intérieur sur les troubles de Lyon. Séance du 17 Décembre 1831. (Drop-head title). Paris, A. Henry , Décembre 1831. 30 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Charléty, Bibliographie de Lyon.At head of title: (No 238). Casimir-Pierre Périer (1777-1832), banker, political leader, and minister. With his brother Scipion, he organized and directed the banking house of Périer and Frères in Paris, and they moved into insurance, textiles, sugar refining, flour miling, iron, and coal. Both served as regents of the Bank of France. In 1817 Casimir won election as a deputy of Paris, and he sat in the Chamber of Deputies from that day untill his death in 1832. Originally a member of the government majority, he was, after 1820, increasingly alienated by the politics of the ultraroyalists and shifted into the opposition. In March 1831 he accepted the king's call to head a new conservative ministry. For the next thirteen months as president of the Council and minister of the interior, he imposed his authoritarian and conservative rule on France and on his associates. He excluded the king from meetings of the ministry, denied his ministers all independence of action, restricted the political activities of civil servants, and ruthlessly suppressed popular disorder. The present work deals with the attitude of the government regarding the insurrection of the Lyon workers in November 1831. The uprising of 1831 and 1834 marked the final efforts of France's most militant preindustrial work force to secure decent incomes and a voice in the management of an industry in which their influence had steadily declined (Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 Restauration to the Second Empire, vol. I, pp. 653 ff. and vol. II, pp. 791-792). EUR 150
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(REMOUARD, A.CH. & J.L.E. LERMINIER.) Manuel de l'électeur-juré. Aux électeurs du département du Var. (At end:) Paris, Imprimerie de Gaultier-Laguionie, (1830). 16 pp. 8vo. Sewn, disbound. Not in Walch; not in Walch-Gerits. At head of title: 'Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera.' The society 'Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera' was formed to aid opposition candidates for election to the Chamber of Deputies in the period 1827-1834. It was directed by a central committee in Paris and operated through a network of local committees and agents throughout the country. After the Revolution of 1830, the original directors of the society (among whom Barrot, Guizot and de Rémusat) withdrew, and leadership passed to young republicans, including Godefroy Cavaignac, Etienne Garnier-Pagès, and Louis Blanc. Under their direction the society published pamphlets, distributed letters of political intelligence and advice to members. EUR 175
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(SAIGE, J.) Catéchisme du citoyen, ou Élémens du droit public français, Par demandes & par réponses; suivi de Fragmens politiques par le même auteur. En France, 1788. 220, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half red morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering. INED 4025; Mornet 1363. One of the two issues of the improved 1788 edition, enlarged with the 'Fragmens politiques', including a.o. 'Réflexions sur les droits des Etats Généraux, relativement à la concession des subsides'; 'De l'autorité des magistrats', etc. The author stresses the inconveniences of inequality. He is in favour of the provincial assemblees and cites in this respect Mirabeau, Turgot and Necker. 'De nombreuses déclamations s'inspirèrent de Rousseau. Citons le Catéchimse du Citoyen de Saige. 'Partout ou l'inégalité s'est augmentée jusqu'au point d'accumuler toute la propriété de l'État dans une portion quelconque de l'association, le reste des citoyens sans domicile dans le reste de leur patrie, réduits à une subsistance précaire et forcés pour se procurer de se soumettre à un travail perpétuel' est contraint à l'abrutissement. See at length: Lichtenberger, Le socialisme au 18e siècle, pp. 427-8. - Slightly stained at blank upper margin throughout. EUR 450
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(SAIGE, J.) Catéchisme du citoyen, ou Élémens du droit public français par demandes & par réponses. A Genève, (Bordeaux), 1787. vii, 301, (1) pp. 12mo. Sewn, contemporary marbled covers, paper partlygone at foot of spine, uncut. Cf.: INED 4025; Mornet 1363 (both listing a 1788 edition only). First improved edition, enlarged with the 'Fragmens politiques', including a.o. 'Réflexions sur les droits des Etats Généraux, relativement à la concession des subsides'; 'De l'autorité des magistrats', etc. The author stresses the inconveniences of inequality. He is in favour of the provincial assemblees and cites in this respect Mirabeau, Turgot and Necker. 'De nombreuses déclamations s'inspirèrent de Rousseau. Citons le Catéchimse du Citoyen de Saige. 'Partout ou l'inégalité s'est augmentée jusqu'au point d'accumuler toute la propriété de l'État dans une portion quelconque de l'association, le reste des citoyens sans domicile dans le reste de leur patrie, réduits à une subsistance précaire et forcés pour se procurer de se soumettre à un travail perpétuel' est contraint à l'abrutissement' (Lichtenberger, Le socialisme au 18e siècle, pp. 427-8). - Small piece torn off from pp. 189/90 and 191/2 with loss of a few letters. EUR 500
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(SAIGE, J.) Catéchisme du citoyen, ou Élémens du droit public français par demandes & par réponses; suivi de Fragmens politiques. En France, 1788. (4), 140 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. INED 4025; Mornet 1363. One of the two issues of the improved 1788 edition, enlarged with the 'Fragmens politiques', including a.o. 'Réflexions sur les droits des Etats Généraux, relativement à la concession des subsides'; 'De l'autorité des magistrats', etc. The author stresses the inconveniencies of inequality. He is in favour of the provincial assemblees and cites in this respect Mirabeau, Turgot and Necker. 'De nombreuses déclamations s'inspirèrent de Rousseau. Citons le Catéchimse du Citoyen de Saige. 'Partout ou l'inégalité s'est augmentée jusqu'au point d'accumuler toute la propriété de l'État dans une portion quelconque de l'association, le reste des citoyens sans domicile dans le reste de leur patrie, réduits à une subsistance précaire et forcés pour se procurer de se soumettre à un travail perpétuel' est contraint à l'abrutissement. See at length: Lichtenberger, Le socialisme au 18e siècle, pp. 427-8. EUR 375
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(SAINT-SIMON, C.H. DE.) Nouveau Christianisme. Lettres d'Eugène Rodrigues sur la religion et la politique. L'éducation du genre humain de Lessing, traduit, pour la première fois, de l'Allemand par E. Rodrigues. Paris, Bureau du Globe, 1832. - (Bound with:) (ENFANTIN, B.P.) Morale. Réunion générale de la famille. Enseignemens du Père Suprème. Les trois familles. Paris, Librairie Saint-Simonienne, 1832. 2 works bound in 1 volume. 7, (1), 346, (2) pp.; (8), 207,(5) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards. First work: Fournel, p. 94; Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 402; Kress C.3321; Goldsmiths 27808; Einaudi 4951. The rare edition containing also the Lettres by Rodrigues and the latter's translation of Lessing. 'At the end of his life, he (Saint-Simon) recognized the importance of a 'New Christianity', intending to reform religion by introducing a new morality allowing the development of human passions and the persuit of well-being ..... the fastest possible improvement of the lot of the poorest class' (J. Droz, Europe between Revolutions, 1815-1848.)Second work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 175. The final section entitled Les trois familles is by E. Barrault. EUR 900
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(SARREPONT, H. DE., PSEUD. OF E. HENNEBERT.) Guerre des Communeux de Paris. 18 Mars-28 Avril 1871. Par un officier supérieur de l'armée de Versailles. Bruxelles, A.-N. Lebegue et Cie., 1871. (6), (2), 368 pp. 8vo. Modern half cloth, marbled boards, red label with gilt lettering. Del Bo, Comune di Parigi, p. 96; Le Quillec, 2291; Schulkind Commune Collection, p. 14 (under Hennebert). There was an edition published in Paris, Firmin Didot, and this one, both from the year of first publication. 'Classique ouvrage de militaire qui débute par un court chapitre sur la capitale, toujours résistante aux lois. Les 'glorieux faits d'armes' de l'armée s'opposent 'aux violations des lois de la guerre' (!) par les communeux. Les 'pétroleurs' se joignent aux 'pétroleuses' pour former une 'armée de huit mille furies'!!! Enfin, pour courronner le tout, 'le talent de nos généreux ....' est si évident que 'les Prussiens .... ne nous refusent point des félicitations méritées' (Le Quillec). EUR 150
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(TURIGNY, J.P. PSEUD.:) GUETRE, J. La République de Jean Guêtré, laboureur. Passé, présent, avenir. Se vend à Nevers, Au Patriote de la Nièvre, 1885. 23, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers. DBMOF, 15, pp. 256-257. Original edition. Jean Placide Turigny, opponent of the Empire, radical and finally socialist, collaborator for the democratic press, went into exile in Brussels after the 'coup d'état' of 1851 and played a very active role in the social movements of the time in his native region, the Nièvre. He founded 'La Tribune nivernaise', the 'Patriote de la Nièvre', and published articles and brochures and belonged to the 'milieu' from which, in 1897, the Fédération socialiste de la Nièvre was founded. EUR 250
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AUZOU, (L.N.) Discours en refutation des mandemans de plusieurs évêques de France, au sujet du choléra, prononcé le dimanche 6 mai 1832, en l'église paroissiale de Clichy. Clichy, A Librairie catholique française, Paris, Chez Ledoyen, 1832. 23 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Azou founded, together with the abbé Chatel, the Eglise Catholique Française, which was of a socialist tendency. Any publication of this school is rare. The current text deals with the cholera epidemic that ravaged at the time and denounces those who represent God as the source of this epidemic in punishment of the ungrateful human kind. The author argues that God is the God of the living and not the dead, and that reward and punishment await in another life, not in this one. EUR 175
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BABEUF - BUONARROTI, P. Conspiration pour l'égalité dite de Babeuf, suivie du procès auquel elle donna lieu, et des pièces justificatives, etc., etc. Bruxelles, à la Librairie Romantique, 1828. With an engraved and a lithographed frontispiece, one of Gracchus Babeuf and one of Buonarroti. Two volumes in one. (2), viii, 325 pp.; (4), 327, (4, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, green labels, marbled boards, corners. Tourneux, i, 4868; Martin & Walter 17; Goldsmiths 25714. The very rare first edition. Without any doubt the most complete blueprint for the establishment of communism, the actual instructions to move from idea to reality. The most essential exposition of the doctrine of the Equals by a friend of Babeuf. 'By making Robespierre and his colleagues appear as conscious architects of a communist republic, based on blueprints provided by Rousseau, G. Mably and A. Morellet, it injected a spirit of revolutionary messianism into continental socialism, founded a long-lived historical school, and created a martyrology that inspired many of the future men of 1848' (E. Eisenstein in Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, i, p. 130). For a further detailed analysis of Babeuf and his conspiracy see: Rose, Gracchus Babeuf, and E. Eisenstein, The First Professional Revolutionary: F.M. Buonarroti. Buonarroti was condamned to deportation and when he picked up his revolutionary life after his return, in Grenoble, Geneva and finally Paris, where he died in 1833, his actions formed a major source of inspiration for the socialists and republicans of the 19th century. EUR 2500
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BABEUF - SENCIER, G. Le babouvisme après Babeuf. Sociétés secrètes et conspirations communistes (1830-1848). Geneve, Mégariotis, no date. 348 pp. 8vo. Modern cloth, gilt lettering. Grandin II, 766. Reprint ofthe edition published in Paris in 1912. Traces the influence of Babouvist ideas among the 19th century revolutionaries, the role they played in the subsequent 19th century revolutions and in the secret societies. EUR 75
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BAZARD, S.A. (ED.) Doctrine de Saint-Simon. Exposition. Première année. 1828-1829. Troisième édition, revue et augmentée. Paris, au Bureau de l'Organisateur, 1831. 432 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, marbled boards, marbled edges very lightly worn at head and foot of spine. Walch 350; Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 143; Kress C.2783; Goldsmiths 27194; Einaudi 1595. Goldsmiths cites erroneously 4 different authors for the work. It was actually edited by Bazard, the preface was written by Enfantin (pp. 5-57). The pp. 59-73 contain Gustave d'Eichtal's A un catholique sur la vie et le caractère de Saint-Simon. EUR 400
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BERNSTEIN, L. Un plan socialiste sous la Révolution Française. (Drop-head title). (Leiden, Brill, 1937). 34 pp. (numbered 194-228). 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, discoloured, spine damaged (Offprint from: 'International Review for Social History'). EUR 125
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BLANC, H. Bibliographie des corporations ouvrières avant 1789. (Paris 1885), reprint Genève 1970. 102 pp. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Besterman 1820. Lists 1141 items, divided in 3 sections: Printed works; manuscripts; and an index with the subjects, names of printing places, and authors. EUR 75
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BLANC, L. Organisation du travail. Cinqième édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée d'une polémique entre M. Michel Chevalier et l'auteur, ainsi que d'un appendice indiquant ce qui pourrait être tenté dès à présent. Paris, au Bureau de la Société de l'Industrie fraternelle, 1848. (4), 284 pp. 12mo. Contemporary half calf. Kress C.7283; Goldsmiths 36031; not in Einaudi. Important edition of this famous text, containing supplements not reprinted in later editions. Louis Blanc's leading economic ideas are those of 'association' and 'the right to work'. In the present work he looks to the State to ensure that the opportunity to work under reasonable conditions of payment and employment shall be available for every citizen. Although Blanc wishes the State to institute this new system he does not wish it to take over the running of industry. It was here that Blanc and the Fourierists held opposing views; to Blanc the Fourierists wished to run the State and industry and control everything by means of a hierarchy of industrial administrators chosen from above (see G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, i, p. 170). EUR 250
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BLANC, L. Paris, Cauville Frères, 1845. xxvii, (1), 240, 20 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi (cf.: 516). Fourth edition. The only edition with the 'Compte-rendu' of the Maison Leclaire, one of the first French companies which granted its employees a proportional share in the benefits of their work. The 'Compte-rendu' did not appear in any of the later editions. EUR 225
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BLANC, L. Organisation du travail. Cinqième édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée d'une polémique entre M. Michel Chevalier et l'auteur, ainsi que d'un appendice indiquant ce qui pourrait être tenté dès à présent. Paris, au Bureau de la Société de l'Industrie fraternelle, 1848. (4), 284 pp. 12mo. Modern half morocco, marbled sides, spine gilt with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Kress C.7283; Goldsmiths 36031; not in Einaudi. Important edition of this famous text, containing supplements not reprinted in later editions. Louis Blanc's leading economic ideas are those of 'association' and 'the right to work'. In the present work he looks to the State to ensure that the opportunity to work under reasonable conditions of payment and employment shall be available for every citizen. Although Blanc wishes the State to institute this new system he does not wish it to take over the running of industry. It was here that Blanc and the Fourierists held opposing views; to Blanc the Fourierists wished to run the State and industry and control everything by means of a hierarchy of industrial administrators chosen from above (See G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, i, p. 170). EUR 250
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BLANC, L. Organisation du travail. Cinqième édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée d'une polémique entre M. Michel Chevalier et l'auteur, ainsi que d'un appendice indiquant ce qui pourrait être tenté dès à présent. Paris, au Bureau de la Société de l'Industrie fraternelle, 1848. (4), 284 pp. 12mo. Sewn, original printed covers, spine a bit damaged, uncut, unopened. Kress C.7283; Goldsmiths 36031; not in Einaudi. Important edition of this famous text, containing supplements not reprinted in later editions. Louis Blanc's leading economic ideas are those of 'association' and 'the right to work'. In the present work he looks to the State to ensure that the opportunity to work under reasonable conditions of payment and employment shall be available for every citizen. Although Blanc wishes the State to institute this new system he does not wish it to take over the running of industry. It was here that Blanc and the Fourierists held opposing views; to Blanc the Fourierists wished to run the State and industry and control everything by means of a hierarchy of industrial administrators chosen from above (G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, i, p. 170). EUR 250
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BRECY, R. Le mouvement syndical en France 1871-1921. Essai bibliographique. (Paris, Edition Signe, in collaboration with Istituto Feltrinelli, 1982.) With index and bibliographies. xxxvi, 217, (1 blank), 1, (1 blank) pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers (Société, Mouvements sociaux et idéologies. IIIe serie: Bibliographies, I). Maitron, Dictionnaire biographique du Mouvement ouvrier français, 20, pp. 234-235. Slightly revised and updated version of the first edition (1963) of this standard reference work. Valuable tool. EUR 100
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BRUN DE LA COMBE, (J.A.) La France régénérée. Ouvrage publié par numéros. Londres, et se trouve à Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1788. 35, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Modern marbled boards. Martin & Walter 5445. In 1785 the author had published an important and audacious work "Le triomphe du Nouveau Monde", which, however, was seized and forbidden immediately upon its publication because of the advanced socialist ideas contained in it. (See at length: Lichtenberger, Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle). In this pamphlet, published at the eve of the Revolution, the author lists 40 articles of general reforms. EUR 150
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BRUN DE LA COMBE, (J.A.) La France régénérée. Ouvrage publié par numéros. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1788. 35, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Modern marbled boards. Martin & Walter 5445; INED 851. First edition. - Quire H misbound, but complete. In 1785 the author had published an important and audacious work Le triomphe du Nouveau Monde, which, however, was seized and forbidden immediately upon its publication because of the advanced socialist ideas contained in it. (See at length: Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle). In this pamphlet, published at the eve of the Revolution, the author lists 40 articles of general reforms.'Dans la nomination des députés aux États Généraux, il faut donner la préférence au député marié sur le député célibataire. Titre sur les secours aux indigents et sur les bureaux de charité' (INED). EUR 200
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BRUN DE LA COMBE, J.A. - MEMOIRE pour le sieur abbé Brun, auteur de l'ouvrage intitulé 'Le triomphe du Nouveau Monde' contre le R.P. Moisset, supérieur-général de la Congrégation de l'Oratoire. A Paris, Chez la veuve Hérissant, 1786. - (Bound with:) MEMOIRE pour le R.P. Moisset, supérieur-général de la Congrégation de l'Oratoire, contre le sieur Brun, ci-devant prêtre de la même Congrégation. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Grange, 1786. - (Bound with:) REPONSE pour l'abbé Brun, auteur de l'ouvrage intitulé 'Le triomphe du Nouveau Monde', au mémoire du R.P. Moisset, supérieur-général de la Congrégation de l'Oratoire. (Paris), Chez la veuve Hérissant, 1786. 3 works bound in 1 volume. (2), 117 pp.; 102 pp.; 85 pp. 4to. 19th-century half calf, spine gilt in compartments, marbled boards, a bit rubbed. Lichtenberger, Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 397-399. Brun de la Combe's work Triomphe du Nouveau Monde. Réponses académiques formant un nouveau système de confédération fondé sur les besoins actuels des nations chrétiennes commerçantes, et adaptés à leurs diverses formes de gouvernement, a very rare book, included a plan for social and political reforms, analysed at length by Lichtenberger. Because of the publication of this work Brun de la Combe was expelled from the Congregation of the Oratory, and the affair provoked the three texts assembled here. The Congregation had in fact judged that the author's attention was focussed on the protection of villainous people, thieves, homicides, parricides, etc. rather than the protection of religion, morals and legislation. EUR 450
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BUSSY, M. C. DE. Histoire et réfutation du socialisme depuis l'antiquité jusqu'à nos jours. Paris, Imprimerie Gaittet, 1863. (4), 323 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, uncut. Stammhammer, i, p. 41. Second edition, first published in 1859. - Stamp on title. Traces the origines of socialism back to Lycurges and proceeds through history dealing with a.o. Plato, Les Vaudois, Munzer, Thomas Morus, Campanella, Morelly, Mably, Robespierre, Saint-Just, le Père Duchène, Hébert, Marat, Babeuf, Saint-Simonism, Proudhon, Leroux, Louis Blanc, Cabet, Fourier, Considérant, etc. EUR 175
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CABET - PRUDHOMMEAUX, J. Icarie et son fondateur Etienne Cabet. Contribution à l'étude du socialisme expérimental. Paris, Edouard Cornély & Cie, éditeurs, 1907. With portrait-frontispiece and 11plates, 1 facsimile and 2 maps. xl, (2), 688 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half vellum, marbled boards, original covers preserved. Stammhammer, Bibliographie des Sozialismus, iii, p. 272. Original edition. Indispensible source for the study of the Icarian movement. The author made use of the archives of Beluze, today dispersed and even partly lost. The bibliography is the best known and most elaborate.- Wonderful copy: with a handwritten and signed dedication by Prudhommeaux on the half-title and with a coloured portrait of Cabet painted on the spine. EUR 450
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CABET, (E.) Voyage en Icarie. Cinquième édition. Paris, Bureau du Populaire, 1848. (4), viii, 600 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Prudhommeaux 35. The last and most complete edition of the most famous utopian account of the 19th century. Etienne Cabet (1788-1856), French communist and social reformer. Cabet was educated as a lawyer, became a director of the Carbonari and devoted himself to democratic propaganda. Because of his inflammatory denunciations against the government Cabet was exiled; he lived in England for five years, where he came under the influence of Robert Owen, and returned to France a convert to communism. He expounded his theories in the famous Voyage en Icarie, a description of a utopia in which the government alone engages in commerce and supervises work and education. The only unit outside of the government is the family, which remains under the leadership of the head of the family. Ardent disciples rallied about Cabet and raised subscriptions to finance a vanguard which sailed for Texas in 1848 to establish an Icarian city after Cabet's model. The land which Cabet had bought, and of the location of which he had only a vague idea, was located in the middle of the wilderness, in Fanin, Texas. After suffering many perils and privations the explorers beat a retreat to New Orleans. Cabet joined his disciples the next year, bringing with him new converts, and the Icarian city was created at Nauvoo, an old Mormon town in Illinois. At first the colony prospered but disagreements developed and in 1856 the founder and two hundred of his followers abandoned the settlement. After Cabet's death the colony moved to Cheltenham, Iowa, and later to Corning, continuing to follow in large measure Cabet's ideas. As late as 1881 a Cabetian colony was founded at Cloverdale, California. 'It is in fact little realized today that if France is the 'classic land of socialism' the United States contests with Russia the claim to be considered the classic land of communism. The story of the communists in America, where they were then known as Primitive Christians, is perhaps one of the most incredible in the history of Utopias.' (D. Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France, 1830-1848, pp. 56-58). 'His (Cabet) importance lies in his attempt to institute, or at least to further the establishment of, a completely communistic society, in which the supreme control of all essential activities was to be in the hands of the State.' 'The deepest influences on his social doctrine were those of Thomas More and of Robert Owen -the Owen of the years after 1832, when the leaders of the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union were anticipating the immediate advent of the New Moral World, to be achieved, not by violent revolution, but by the refusal of the entire working class to continue labouring under the old conditions, and by the joining together of all trades to set on foot a new system of Co-operative production and distribution under their collective control. Cabet's Communism went a great deal further than Owenism towards complete community of living: he blended Owenite millennialism with communistic aspirations drawn from the record of primitive Christianity and of the social radicalism of the Middle Ages and the Catholic Renaissance.' (G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, I, chapter VII). EUR 300
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CABET, (E.) Voyage en Icarie. Cinquième édition. Paris, Bureau du Populaire, 1848. (4), viii, 600 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Prudhommeaux 35. The last and most complete edition of the most famous utopian account of the 19th century. Etienne Cabet (1788-1856), French communist and social reformer. Cabet was educated as a lawyer, became a director of the Carbonari and devoted himself to democratic propaganda. Because of his inflammatory denunciations against the government Cabet was exiled; he lived in England for five years, where he came under the influence of Robert Owen, and returned to France a convert to communism. He expounded his theories in the famous Voyage en Icarie, a description of a utopia in which the government alone engages in commerce and supervises work and education. The only unit outside of the government is the family, which remains under the leadership of the head of the family. Ardent disciples rallied about Cabet and raised subscriptions to finance a vanguard which sailed for Texas in 1848 to establish an Icarian city after Cabet's model. The land which Cabet had bought, and of the location of which he had only a vague idea, was located in the middle of the wilderness, in Fanin, Texas. After suffering many perils and privations the explorers beat a retreat to New Orleans. Cabet joined his disciples the next year, bringing with him new converts, and the Icarian city was created at Nauvoo, an old Mormon town in Illinois. At first the colony prospered but disagreements developed and in 1856 the founder and two hundred of his followers abandoned the settlement. After Cabet's death the colony moved to Cheltenham, Iowa, and later to Corning, continuing to follow in large measure Cabet's ideas. As late as 1881 a Cabetian colony was founded at Cloverdale, California. 'It is in fact little realized today that if France is the 'classic land of socialism' the United States contests with Russia the claim to be considered the classic land of communism. The story of the communists in America, where they were then known as Primitive Christians, is perhaps one of the most incredible in the history of Utopias' (D. Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France, 1830-1848, pp. 56-58). 'His (Cabet) importance lies in his attempt to institute, or at least to further the establishment of, a completely communistic society, in which the supreme control of all essential activities was to be in the hands of the State.' 'The deepest influences on his social doctrine were those of Thomas More and of Robert Owen -the Owen of the years after 1832, when the leaders of the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union were anticipating the immediate advent of the New Moral World, to be achieved, not by violent revolution, but by the refusal of the entire working class to continue labouring under the old conditions, and by the joining together of all trades to set on foot a new system of Co-operative production and distribution under their collective control. Cabet's Communism went a great deal further than Owenism towards complete community of living: he blended Owenite millennialism with communistic aspirations drawn from the record of primitive Christianity and of the social radicalism of the Middle Ages and the Catholic Renaissance' (G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, i, chapter VII). EUR 300
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CABET, (E.) Voyage en Icarie. Cinquième édition. Paris, Bureau du Populaire, 1848. (4), viii, 600 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, raised bands, corners, very lightly rubbed. Prudhommeaux 35. The last and most complete edition of the most famous utopian account of the 19th century. - Small library stamp on half-title. Etienne Cabet (1788-1856), French communist and social reformer. Cabet was educated as a lawyer, became a director of the Carbonari and devoted himself to democratic propaganda. Because of his inflammatory denunciations against the government Cabet was exiled; he lived in England for five years, where he came under the influence of Robert Owen, and returned to France a convert to communism. He expounded his theories in the famous Voyage en Icarie, a description of a utopia in which the government alone engages in commerce and supervises work and education. The only unit outside of the government is the family, which remains under the leadership of the head of the family. Ardent disciples rallied about Cabet and raised subscriptions to finance a vanguard which sailed for Texas in 1848 to establish an Icarian city after Cabet's model. The land which Cabet had bought, and of the location of which he had only a vague idea, was located in the middle of the wilderness, in Fanin, Texas. After suffering many perils and privations the explorers beat a retreat to New Orleans. Cabet joined his disciples the next year, bringing with him new converts, and the Icarian city was created at Nauvoo, an old Mormon town in Illinois. At first the colony prospered but disagreements developed and in 1856 the founder and two hundred of his followers abandoned the settlement. After Cabet's death the colony moved to Cheltenham, Iowa, and later to Corning, continuing to follow in large measure Cabet's ideas. As late as 1881 a Cabetian colony was founded at Cloverdale, California. 'It is in fact little realized today that if France is the 'classic land of socialism' the United States contests with Russia the claim to be considered the classic land of communism. The story of the communists in America, where they were then known as Primitive Christians, is perhaps one of the most incredible in the history of Utopias.' (D. Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France, 1830-1848, pp. 56-58). 'His (Cabet) importance lies in his attempt to institute, or at least to further the establishment of, a completely communistic society, in which the supreme control of all essential activities was to be in the hands of the State.' 'The deepest influences on his social doctrine were those of Thomas More and of Robert Owen -the Owen of the years after 1832, when the leaders of the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union were anticipating the immediate advent of the New Moral World, to be achieved, not by violent revolution, but by the refusal of the entire working class to continue labouring under the old conditions, and by the joining together of all trades to set on foot a new system of Co-operative production and distribution under their collective control. Cabet's Communism went a great deal further than Owenism towards complete community of living: he blended Owenite millennialism with communistic aspirations drawn from the record of primitive Christianity and of the social radicalism of the Middle Ages and the Catholic Renaissance.' (G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, i, chapter vii). EUR 300
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CABET, (E.) Voyage en Icarie, roman philosophique et social. Deuxième édition. Paris, J. Mallet et Cie., 1842. (4), vii, (4), 566, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half hard-grained morocco, spine gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering, small damage to headband, gilt stamped name of Yovanne Boivin at foot of spine. Prudhommeaux 35; Trousson, p. 269. First edition with the title under which it became famous. The 1840 (actually 1839) edition, in 2 volumes, was published as Voyage et aventures de Lord Carisdall en Icarie. It was done in a very limited number of copies and distributed among friends of the author only, and hence never put in the trade. Also the author's name appears here for the first time on the titlepage. Etienne Cabet (1788-1856), French communist and social reformer. Cabet was educated as a lawyer, became a director of the Carbonari and devoted himself to democratic propaganda. Because of his inflammatory denunciations against the government Cabet was exiled; he lived in England for five years, where he came under the influence of Robert Owen, and returned to France a convert to communism. He expounded his theories in the famous Voyage en Icarie, a description of a utopia in which the government alone engages in commerce and supervises work and education. The only unit outside of the government is the family, which remains under the leadership of the head of the family. Ardent disciples rallied about Cabet and raised subscriptions to finance a vanguard which sailed for Texas in 1848 to establish an Icarian city after Cabet's model. The land which Cabet had bought, and of the location of which he had only a vague idea, was located in the middle of the wilderness, in Fanin, Texas. After suffering many perils and privations the explorers beat a retreat to New Orleans. Cabet joined his disciples the next year, bringing with him new converts, and the Icarian city was created at Nauvoo, an old Mormon town in Illinois. At first the colony prospered but disagreements developed and in 1856 the founder and two hundred of his followers abandoned the settlement. After Cabet's death the colony moved to Cheltenham, Iowa, and later to Corning, continuing to follow in large measure Cabet's ideas. As late as 1881 a Cabetian colony was founded at Cloverdale, California. 'It is in fact little realized today that if France is the 'classic land of socialism' the United States contests with Russia the claim to be considered the classic land of communism. The story of the communists in America, where they were then known as Primitive Christians, is perhaps one of the most incredible in the history of Utopias' (D. Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France, 1830-1848, pp. 56-58). 'His (Cabet) importance lies in his attempt to institute, or at least to further the establishment of, a completely communistic society, in which the supreme control of all essential activities was to be in the hands of the State. The deepest influences on his social doctrine were those of Thomas More and of Robert Owen -the Owen of the years after 1832, when the leaders of the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union were anticipating the immediate advent of the New Moral World, to be achieved, not by violent revolution, but by the refusal of the entire working class to continue labouring under the old conditions, and by the joining together of all trades to set on foot a new system of Co-operative production and distribution under their collective control. Cabet's Communism went a great deal further than Owenism towards complete community of living: he blended Owenite millennialism with communistic aspirations drawn from the record of primitive Christianity and of the social radicalism of the Middle Ages and the Catholic Renaissance' (G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, volume i, chapter VII). EUR 750
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CAMPANELLA, (T.) Oeuvres choisies, précédées d'une notice de Madame Louise Colet. Paris, Lavigne, 1844. With folding facsimile. - (Preceded by:) COLET, L. Poésies complètes de Madame Louise Colet. Paris, Ch. Gosselin, 1844. (6), iii, (1, errata), ii, 342 pp; (4), iv, 346 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments (joints lightly rubbed). Trousson 264; cf.: Versins 144. The first work contains: Poésies - the famous utopian work Cité du Soleil - Lettres - Jugements et témoignages sur Campanella. Tomaso Campanella (1568-1639), Italian philosopher. He is the author of two famous and important utopias: the universal theocratic monarchy described in his Monarchia di Spagne (Amsterdam, 1640), and the communistic Città del sole (Frankfurt, 1623). Like the utopias of More and other Renaissance writers the Città des sole owes much to Plato's Republic; it owes still more to contemporary accounts of the Incas and to the exemple of religious communities such as those founded by the Anabaptists and the Catholic missionaries. To community of goods Campanella added that of women. He subjected all social life -economic, sexual and educational- to stringent regulation. It is significant that he animated his whole community with the conceptions of natural right and equality (Rodolfo Mondolfo in ESS, volume iii, p. 166). EUR 225
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CAMPANELLA, (T.) Oeuvres choisies, précédées d'une notice de Madame Louise Colet. Paris, Lavigne, 1844. With folding facsimile. (6), iii, (1, errata), ii, 342 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, original cover preserved. Trousson 264; cf.: Versins 144. Contains: Poésies - the famous utopian work Cité du Soleil - Lettres - Jugements et témoignages sur Campanella. - A little spotted in places. Copy inscribed by the editor Louise Colet. Tomaso Campanella (1568-1639), Italian philosopher. He is the author of two famous and important utopias: the universal theocratic monarchy described in his Monarchia di Spagne (Amsterdam, 1640), and the communistic Città del sole (Frankfurt, 1623). Like the utopias of More and other Renaissance writers the Città des sole owes much to Plato's Republic; it owes still more to contemporary accounts of the Incas and to the example of religious communities such as those founded by the Anabaptists and the Catholic missionaries. To community of goods Campanella added that of women. He subjected all social life -economic, sexual and educational- to stringent regulation. It is significant that he animated his whole community with the conceptions of natural right and equality (Rodolfo Mondolfo in ESS, volume iii, p. 166). EUR 225
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COMPERE-MOREL. Grand dictionnaire socialiste du mouvement politique et économique national et international. Paris, Publications sociales, (1924). 1057, (1) pp. 4to. Original publisher's black percaline. Esteemed and indispensable standard dictionary. A monumental work dealing with the history of French and international socialism containing numerous historical, biographical and bibliographical details, printed in double columns. EUR 500
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COORNAERT, E. Les compagnonnages en France du moyen age à nos jours. Paris, Les Éditions ouvrières, 1966. With glossary of terms, name and geographical indices, and illustrations. 446, (2) pp. Large 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers. First edition. Important and detailed study into a subject on which there has been hardly any other research done because of the elusiveness of the groups and the absence of much source material. EUR 100
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CORBON, A. - COLLECTION of 5 handwritten letters and a paper demanding admission as Silent Partner of the 'Crédit au Travail', dated between June 1864 and September 1866. 6 pieces. 6 pp. 8vo. Claude-Anthime Corbon (1808-1891) calls himself on the admission paper 'sculpteur d'ornéments'. He founded with some friends the journal l'Atelier, which aimed to associate industrial labourers. In 1848 he became secretary to the provisional government, and was elected as representative of the departement de la Seine in the Assemblée Constituante. The letters concern mostly appointments with the addresees to visit his workshop. One of them is J.P. Béluze. EUR 150
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COURIER, P.L. Oeuvres complètes de P.L. Courier. Bruxelles, A la librairie Parisienne, 1828. With portrait as frontispiece. 4 volumes. 426, (2, table + blank) pp.; (3)-378 pp.; 438, (2, table + blank) pp.; 505, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, raised bands with title labels with gilt lettering, spines somewhat rubbed and shaved, covers of 4th volume also somewhat rubbed and shaved. Not in Vicaire (listing another edition, 1828-1830); not in Escoffier. First edition? 'Styliste impeccable, admirateur des Provinciales, disciple de Voltaire, "Paul-Louis, vigneron" a renouvelé la tradition française du pamphlet politique en des formules incisives: "les gendarmes se sont multipliés en France, bien plus encore que les violons, quoique moins nécessaires pour la danse." Il a eu de nombreux imitateurs qui n'égalèrent point' (Roger Pierrot in En Français dans le Texte.)'Paul-Louis Courier (1773-1825), anticlerical polemicist, skeptic, classical scholar, journalistic gadfly, and pamphleteer. (.....) Courier actively collaborated with the opposition during the Restoration and achieved a powerful reputation as pamphleteer and editorial contributor to various journals of the Left. (.....) Not extreme in politics, Courier merely hoped for a better constitutional monarchy and focused his unique polemics on the aggressive clericalism in the ranks of the ultras. (.....) Although known as a skeptic, Courier's humor and satirical style made him less the philosopher that the term implies and more of a latter-day Voltaire, or, on occasion a Holbach. (.....) Courier's courage as a writer in a time of repression, as well as his works on Greek literature, have established his place in nineteenth-century French intellectual life.' (Daniel Rader in: Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the Second Empire, vol. i, pp. 271-272). Although not a fanatic, Courier was murdered in 1825, his body was found in the woods of Larçay. Two trials were held but they did not shed any light on this murder. - Volume 2 lacks the half-title. With the gilt stamped arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet on both front and back covers of all four volumes. EUR 750
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D'ALLEMAGNE, H.R. Prosper Enfantin et les grandes entreprises du XIXe siècle. La colonisation de l'Algérie. La création du réseau P.L.M. Le percement de l'Isthme de Suez. Le crédit intellectuel. Le crédit foncier. Enfantin homme politique. Préface de M. Malapert. Paris, Librairie Gründ, 1935. With 48 plates of which 12 coloured. (4), 222, (2) pp. Large 4to. Original boards. Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 3; Iggers, The Cult of Authority, p. 196. First and only edition limited to 500 copies only. Exceptional documented history of the great industrial and economical innovations of the 19th century and for understanding the fundamental role of saint-simonism in this process. EUR 500
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DEVILLE, G. L'économie politique et le socialisme. Undated manuscript, signed by Gabriel Deville, text on recto, verso blank. 7 numbered leaves. Small 4to. Article, with some corrections.Gabriel Pierre Deville (1854-1940) was a militant socialist in the Parti Ouvrier Français. Author of numerous articles and brochures, he did much for the diffusion of marxist philosophy and was the author of an abridged edition of Das Kapital which is called 'a classic' by Maitron in his Dictionnaire Biographique du Mouvement Ouvrier Français, vol. xii, pp. 46 ff. EUR 200
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DEZAMY, (A.) T. Code de la communauté. Paris, Prévost, Rouannet, 1842 (Paris, EDHIS, 1967). With a folding lithograph plan of a 'Palais communal'. vii, (1, blank), (9)-292, (4, table des matières, blank, errata, blank) pp. 8vo. Printed paper covers. DBMOF, ii, pp. 84-86; Stammhammer, i, p. 64,; Dolléans & Crozier, p. 44. A well executed rerpint of the exceptionally scarce first edition, and one of the key books in the history of socialism. The cover is also a reprint of the original covers of the original work. This edition was published in an editon of 500 numbered copies only and is since long out-of-print. Alexandre Théodore Dézamy (1803-1850) was the leading representative of the Babeuf tradition in the decades preceding 1848. The present work is a communist utopia which owed much to Fourier, Morelly, and Cabet. Although Dezamy had worked for a time with Cabet, he later came to critizise sharply Cabet's conciliatory tactics and his opportunism, rejecting his appeal for bourgeois aid for the working class as unrealistic and calling upon the proletariat to unite and free itself. There is much support in Dezamy's writing for Werner Sombart's contention that Dezamy anticipated Marxian revolutionary socialism. Marx himself, in the Holy Family, had said about Dézamy 'un des disciples communistes les plus conséquents des philosophes matérialistes du XVIIIe siècle' who had 'développé la doctrine du matérialisme en tant que doctrine de l'humanisme réel et comme base logique du communisme.' Dézamy was also a talented materialist philosopher, which he had proven in a work criticizing Lamennais's Du passé et de l'avenir du peuple. The Code de la Communauté 'décrit un phalanstère communiste qui fut également penser à l'abbaye de Thélème de Rabelais. Le livre respire le matérialisme du XVIIIe siècle.' The book is divided into 19 chapters and contains (pp. 264-269) 47 articles 'of faith'. For the Cabet-Dézamy controversy, and an extensive analysis of the above work, see: H.P.G. Quack, de Socialisten, vol. iii, pp. 244 ff. and J. Prudhommeaux, Icarie et son fondateur Etienne Cabet. Our copy is dated on the titlepage 1842, while the printed cover gives as date of publication 1843: verso titlepage it is stated that the book will be published in parts. With 'la dernière livraison je donnerai une belle couverture imprimée.' The publication and distribution began in 1842, hence a titlepage dated 1842, and the last livraison was issued in 1843, hence the cover dated 1843. The original printed cover also reads differently from the titlepage with respect to publishers: Paris, chez Dezamy, éditeur, Prevot, Rouanet (sic), Pandellé. EUR 300
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DOLLEANS, E. Le Chartisme (1830-1848). Paris, Floury, 1912-1913. With 8 plates. 2 volumes. (8), 426, (2) pp.; (8), 501, (3) pp. 8vo. Sewn,original printed covers, uncut. First edition. - Nr. 104 of 500 numbered copies printed. Rare. Standard work on the origins of the socialist movements in England. 'The fact remains that Chartism was the first example in the world of a national political working-class movement and that it evolved all the battle tactics and techniques which contributed to the experience of the international working-class movement' (J. Droz, Europe between revolutions, 1815-1848.) EUR 175
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DOLLEANS, E. & G. DEHOVE. Histoire du travail en France. Mouvement ouvrier et législation sociale. Paris, Domat Montchrestien, 1953-1955. 2 volumes. (2), 417, (1) pp.; 408, (1) pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers. Original edition. EUR 100
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DUVAL, F. & BAREAU. Taxe progressive sur les revenus. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie de J.B. Gros, no date (1848). 8 pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. 'Tous les Français sont egaux .... devant la loi .... mais tous ne sont pas egaux en fait. Richez, aisés sont les uns, pauvres sont les autres.'Toast which was to be held at the banquet of the 12th arrondissement, while the entire proclamation 'a été affichée les 23 et 24 mars 1848.' The authors propose a progressive income tax, ranging from 1 per cent per 1000 francs, 10 per cent per 10.000, 30 per cent per 30.000 francs, etc. EUR 175
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ENGELS, F. l'Origine de la famille, de la propriété privée et de l'état (pour faire suite aux travaux de Lewis H. Morgan.) Traduction française par Henri Ravé. Paris, Georges Carré, 1893. (2), xxxiii, (1, blank), 290, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half cloth, marbled sides. Rubel, p. 252, 93. First French edition. Marx had studied very thoroughly Morgan's work before he died, and Engels, himself an expert in the field of agrarian societies and primitive societies, wrote this work in which he based himself on Marx's notes, Morgan's pioneer work and his own historical knowledge and insights. He based himself more on Morgan than Marx did who thought of Morgan as no more than one specialist among the many, while Engels, however, considered Morgan to be an important author. According to Engels, Morgan had discovered in America the materialistic conception of history as Marx had done 40 years earlier in Europe. He also felt that Morgan's antropological discoveries were of great importance. In this work Engels studied the origins of the family, the changing role of women and the growing importance of the State as an instrument of the exploiting class. The most striking feature of the book is its real and important contribution to the study of the emancipation of women (See: David McLellan, Friedrich Engels). - Name written on title. Some leadpencil underlining and annotations. EUR 300
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ENGELS, F. Socialisme utopique et socialisme scientifique. Traduction française par Paul Lafargue. Paris, Librairie G. Jacques & Cie, no date (1902). 64, (4 blank) pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, uncut, loose. Dolléans & Crozier 169; cf.: Stammhammer, iii, p. 104, nr 58. The first edition appeared 1880. - Front cover spotted. The early socialists and social reformers are here put aside in favour of 'scientific socialism'. EUR 75
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ESPINAS, A. Histoire des doctrines économiques. Paris, A. Colin, (1891). (4), 359 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, raised bands. Say & Chailley, ii, 1195: "ouvrage de premier ordre". First edition. Contains: L'économie chez les Grecs. - Les doctrines économiques au Moyen-Age. - A la renaissance. - L'économie politique dans les temps modernes (les Physiocrates, Adam Smith, système mercantile, socialisme). The author was among the very first to recognize the importance of Cantillon. EUR 150
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ESPINAS, A. La philosophie sociale du XVIIIe siècle et la Révolution. Paris, Alcan, 1898. (4), 412, (2), 31 (catalogue de fonds) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, slightly discoloured. - With handwritten and signed dedication to Pillon by the author. Pp. 107-412 deal with socialism and the French Revolution, and with Babeuf and Babouvism in particular. 'Traite principalement de Babeuf et le babouvisme (...). C'est le premier exposé systématique de la doctrine babouviste depuis l'apparition de Buonarroti, exposé qu'éclaire l'apport du XIXe s., assimilé, discuté et mis à jour' (Dommanget, Babeuf, p. 20). EUR 150
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ESPINAS, A. La philosophie sociale du XVIIIe siècle et la Révolution. Paris, Alcan, 1898. (4), 412, (2), 31 (catalogue de fonds) pp. 8vo. Sewn in original green printed covers, spine slightly damaged, a nice uncut copy. First edition of this important work. Pp. 107-412 deal with socialism and the French Revolution, and with Babeuf and Babouvism in particular. 'Traite principalement de Babeuf et le babouvisme (...). C'est le premier exposé systématique de la doctrine babouviste depuis l'apparition de Buonarroti, exposé qu'éclaire l'apport du XIXe s., assimilé, discuté et mis à jour' (Dommanget, Babeuf, p. 20). - Stamp on half-title. EUR 125
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FIRST INTERNATIONAL - REPERTOIRE international des sources pour l'étude des mouvements sociaux aux XIXe et XXe siècles. - La Première Internationale. Paris, A. Colin, 1958-1963. 3 volumes. xx, 81,(1) pp.; 86, (1) pp.; xix, 223, (1) pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed covers. 1. Périodiques 1864-1877. - 2 & 3: Imprimés 1864-1876. EUR 75
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FOURIER - DEL BO, G. Charles Fourier e la Scuola Societaria. (1801-1922) Saggio Bibliografico. Milano, Felrinelli, 1957. With portrait and plate. 2, 111 pp. 8vo. Original publishers cloth. Esteemed bibliography. EUR 125
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FOURIER - DEL BO, G. Charles Fourier e la Scuola Societaria. (1801-1922) Saggio Bibliografico. Milano, Felrinelli, 1957. With portrait and plate. 2, 111 pp. 8vo. Original publishers cloth. Esteemed bibliography. EUR 125
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FOURIER - GERITS, A. Additions and corrections to Giuseppe del Bo's bibliography 'Charles Fourier e la Scuola Societaria (1801-1922)'. Hilversum, 1983. With portrait and plates. 16, 35 pp. 8vo. Cloth. (Supplements to existing handbooks, 1) EUR 75
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FOURIER - GERITS, A. Additions and corrections to Giuseppe del Bo's bibliography 'Charles Fourier e la Scuola Societaria (1801-1922)'. Hilversum, 1983. With portrait and plates. 16, 35 pp. 8vo. Cloth. (Supplements to existing handbooks, 1) EUR 75
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FOURIER - RENAUD, H. Solidarité. Vue synthétique sur la doctrine de Ch. Fourier. Troisième édition, deuxième tirage. Paris, Librairie Phalanstérienne, 1847. (6), 230, (1), 13 (catalogue de la librairie phalanstérienne) pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards. Del Bo, Fourier, p. 41; Einaudi 4694; not in Goldsmiths; not in Kress. Third edition, first published in 1842. 'On lui doit en particulier une étude originale et commode de la doctrine qu'il ne cessa jamais de défendre: Solidarité, Vue synthétique de la doctrine de Charles Fourier' (Maitron).Renaud was, just as Considerant, Muiron, Lechevaler and Transon, a dissident Saint-Simonian, and it was to this group of people that the Fourierist doctrine owed its diffusion in France. EUR 150
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FOURIER, (CH.F.M.) Lettre de Fourier au Grand-Juge (4 nivôse an XII). Paris, Dentu, 1874. - (Bound with:) PELLARIN, Ch. Fourier et ses contemporains. l'Utopie et la routine. l'Experimentation et l'empirisme en matière sociale. Paris, Dentu, 1874. 2 parts in 1 volume, 105 pp., continuously paginated. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, some small loss of paper to spine, nice uncut copy. Del Bo, Fourier, pp. 9 & 76. The first work is an unedited letter, dated December 26, 1803 and published for the first time by Charles Pellarin with a commentary. The letter of Fourier is signed 'Fourrier'. EUR 200
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FOURIER, CH. Traité de l'association domestique-agricole. A Paris, Bossange père, P. Mongie ainé; A Londres, M. Bossange et Comp., 1822. 2 volumes - (Followed by:) FOURIER, CH. Sommaire du traité de l'association domestique-agricole ou attraction industrielle. Paris, Bossange Père, P. Mongie ainé, Londres Martin Bossange et Cie., 1823. Three volumes. lxiv, 592 pp.; viii, 648 pp.; (2), 8, 8B-8E, 9-16, (1329)-1398, B1398-1398E, 1399-1448, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary green half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, corners, gilt fillets on sides (some very light browning, first four leaves of the second work with a dampstain in the lower outer blank corner.) First work: Del Bo 5; Kress C.864; Goldsmiths 23694; Einaudi 1960 (both works). Second work: Del Bo 6; Kress C.1060; Goldsmiths 23997. First editions of the main work of Fourier, together with the very rare supplement. The first volume is signed by Fourier on verso of the half title. This is Fourier's most important work, containing 'the essence of Fourier's doctrine' (David Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France 1830-1848, p. 129.) The main thesis of the work is the discovery of the 'harmonie'. The whole work tries to pove how this 'harmonie' can be established and how life and society should be constructed to ensure succes. Fourier tried to get as much attention as possible for his ideas and to that end he published the 'Sommaire du traité...' in 1823, the often lacking supplement. The work however remained however virtually unnoticed. Although Fourier is often seen as a dreamer and fantast, he preceded in many of his ideas Marx. The theory of poverty and exploitation and its relation to the means of production can already be found with him, and the Marxist conception of the all-round man is an idea on which Fourier elaborately worked and which is the most important result of his 'harmonie'. 'He (Fourier) was emphatically a serious social thinker who contributed much of permanent value, not only to Socialist and Co-operative ideas, but also to the solution of the entire problem of work and of the incentives and human relations connected with it. (see: Kolakowsky: History of Marxism; Quack, de Socialisten, and G.D.H. Cole, A history of socialist thought.)It is little realized even today that many Fourierist communities were actually established, chiefly in the United States where the way had been prepared by Robert Owen. Fourierism was introduced to the United States by Albert Brisbane, whose Social Destiny of Man appeared in 1840. Brisbane had studied in France under Fourier in 1834. In 1842 the New York Tribune, then edited by Horace Greeley, placed at his disposal a column in which for over a year he popularized Fourier's doctrines. (.....) The direct effect of Brisbane's writings was the making of of a large number of experiments in community-living all over the United States during the eighteen-forties. The most famous of these were the North American Phalanx of New Jersey, which had 112 members and flourished for 12 years; the Wisconsin Phalanx, consisting of 32 families settled on 1,800 acres of land; and Brook Farm in the Commonwealth of Massachussetts (....); others associated with the enterprise were William Henry Channing, Henry Ward Beecher, George Ripley, Charles Dana, and Daniel Hawthorne. Another Fourierist commune was established in Texas by Fourier's disciple Victor Considerant in 1849, which lasted till the Civil War (See David Owen Evans, op.cit. pp. 48-49).The 'Sommaire du Traité ....' contains, bound before the title page, the leaf 'Instructions pour le Vendeur et l'Acheteur', and contains, on the last page, the 'Appendice aux Conclusions' as well as the two inserted quires, the first, B8-E8, containing 'Banques Rurales', the second, B1398-1398E, containing 'Carton à placer entre 1398 et 1399. Antienne du chap. III. La 4e phase de civilisation, I, 159.' Extremely rare in this complete state, in conformity with the details given by Del Bo.Bound in, in the 'Sommaire du Traité', is a handwritten and signed letter by Charles Fourier, dated 9 Octobre, 1836, written on paper of 'La Réforme Industrielle ou Le Phalanstère, ....' of 4 pages, the first leaf with the letter by Fourier, recto second leaf blank, verso second leaf the addressee: madame Cara Ghribaut (??), rue St. Victor, no 76, à la 2e Cour à Paris. Fourier writes, in a moving sentence about his meeting a female friend of the addressee: '.... est une jolie femme, je m'en suis fort bien aperçu, et si j'avais eu 30 ans de moins je lui aurais dit ce que j'en pensais; mais j'ai trop à redouter que de pareils aveux ne soient indifferens à qui en serait l'objet.' EUR 16000
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FOURIER, CH. Traité de l'Association domestique-agricole. A Paris, Bossange père, P. Mongie ainé; A Londres, M. Bossange et Comp., 1822. 2 volumes - (Followed by:) FOURIER, CH. Sommaire du Traité de l'Association domestique-agricole ou attraction industrielle. Paris, Bossange père, P. Mongie ainé, Londres M. Bossange et Cie., 1823. Two works in 3 volumes. lxxx, 592 pp.; viii, 648 pp.; (2), 16, (1329)-1448, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half calf, marbled boards, raised bands and gilt lettering and numbering (first two volumes), original blind covers, kept in a half vellum case with vellum overlapping edges, kept in a box (the 'Sommaire'). First work: Del Bo 5; Kress C.864; Goldsmiths 23694; Einaudi 1960 (both works). Second work: Del Bo 6; Kress C.1060; Goldsmiths 23997. First editions of the main work of Fourier, together with the very rare supplement. The first volume is signed by Fourier on verso of the half title. This is Fourier's most important work, containing 'the essence of Fourier's doctrine' (David Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France 1830-1848, p. 129.) - The first and the last leaf of the Supplement are pasted to the inside of the cover, supplement loosening but still holding, main work occasionally cut short at upper margin, not affecting text. The main thesis of the work is the discovery of the 'harmonie'. The work is an elaborate exposition of how this 'harmonie' can be established and how life and society should be constructed to ensure succes. Fourier tried to get as much attention as possible for his ideas and to that end he published the 'Sommaire du traité...' in 1823, the often lacking supplement. The work however remained however virtually unnoticed. Although Fourier is often seen as a dreamer and fantast, he preceded in many of his ideas Marx. The theory of poverty and exploitation and its relation to the means of production can already be found with him, and the Marxist conception of the all-round man is an idea on which Fourier elaborately worked and which is the most important result of his 'harmonie'. 'He (Fourier) was emphatically a serious social thinker who contributed much of permanent value, not only to Socialist and Co-operative ideas, but also to the solution of the entire problem of work and of the incentives and human relations connected with it (see: Kolakowsky: History of Marxism; Quack, de Socialisten, and G.D.H. Cole, A history of socialist thought.)It is little realized even today that many Fourierist communities were actually established, chiefly in the United States where the way had been prepared by Robert Owen. Fourierism was introduced to the United States by Albert Brisbane, whose Social Destiny of Man appeared in 1840. Brisbane had studied in France under Fourier in 1834. In 1842 the New York Tribune, then edited by Horace Greeley, placed at his disposal a column in which for over a year he popularized Fourier's doctrines. (.....) The direct effect of Brisbane's writings was the making of a large number of experiments in community-living all over the United States during the eighteen-forties. The most famous of these were the North American Phalanx of New Jersey, which had 112 members and flourished for 12 years; the Wisconsin Phalanx, consisting of 32 families settled on 1,800 acres of land; and Brook Farm in the Commonwealth of Massachussetts (....); others associated with the enterprise were William Henry Channing, Henry Ward Beecher, George Ripley, Charles Dana, and Daniel Hawthorne. Another Fourierist commune was established in Texas by Fourier's disciple Victor Considerant in 1849, which lasted till the Civil War (See David Owen Evans, op.cit. pp. 48-49).The Sommaire .... lacks the leaves B8-8E containing the text 'Banques rurales', and the leaves B1398-1398E containing the text 'Antienne du chapitre III', both of which are later insertions, but does contain the preliminary leaf 'Introductions pour le vendeur et l'acheteur' and the final leaf 'Appendice aux conclusions'. EUR 3500
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FOURIER, CH. (F.M.) Oeuvres complètes. Paris, Librairie Sociétaire, 1841-1845. 6 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spines richly gilt with gilt lettering. Del Bo, Fourier, p. 8; Del Bo-Gerits, Supplement, p. 16. Second edition, scarce. 1. Théorie des quatre mouvements et des destinées générales. Deuxième édition. With 1 folding table. (4), xxxvi, 484 pp. 2-5. Théorie de l'unité universelle (Traité de l'association domestique-agricole). Deuxième édition. With 1 folding table. (4), lxviii, (2), xlii, 243, (1), 107 pp.; xv, 451 pp.; viii, 593, (1) pp.; xii, 603 pp. 6. Le nouveau monde industriel et sociétaire. Deuxième édition. With two plates. (2), xvi, 489 pp. Del Bo does not mention the plates in vol. 6. EUR 1800
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FOURIER, CH. (F.M.) Le nouveau monde industriel (half-title: et sociétaire ou les séries passionées). Paris, chez tous les libraires, 1840. 2 volumes in 1. xxxiv, (2), 408, ii pp.; (4), 409, (1, blank), iii pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards and marbled edges, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering (lightly rubbed). Del Bo, Fourier, p. 6; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Stammhammer. First collective edition according to Del Bo. The Notice biographique sur Charles Fourier has been written by Jean Czynski. The original work was written on request of his friends who asked him to put his ideas in a more comprehensive order. Many of the ideas put forth by Fourier were in anticipation of ideas later made famous by Karl Marx, see at length: Kolakowsky, A History of Marxism and G.D.H. Cole, A history of socialist thought. - Rare. EUR 600
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FOURIER, CH. (F.M.) De l'anarchie industrielle et scientifique. Paris, à la Librairie Phalanstérienne, 1847. 70, (2) pp. 12mo. Sewn in original printed wrappers. Del Bo, Fourier, p. 8; Kress C.7089; Goldsmiths 35450; Einaudi 1951. First edition, discovered after the death of the author and posthumously published. - Very rare. Last 2 pages contain the 'Extrait du Catalogue de la Librairie Phalanstérienne', which is continued on page 3 of the cover, while page 4 of the cover contains the 'Publications Nouvelles de la Librairie Phalanstérienne.' EUR 650
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FOURIER, CH. (F.M.) Oeuvres complètes. Paris, à la librairie Sociétaire, 1841-1848. With 2 folding tables, 1 double-page table and 2 plates. 6 volumes. xxxvi, 336 pp.; (4), lxviii, (2), xlii, 243, (1), 107 pp.; xv, (1), 451 pp.; viii, 593, (1) pp.; xii, 603 pp.; (2), xvi, 489 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, red and green morocco title-labels with gilt lettering, raised bands, marbled sides and edges. Del Bo, Fourier, p. 8; Del Bo-Gerits, Supplement, p. 16. I: Théorie des quatre mouvements et des destinées générales. Troisième édition.II-V: Théorie de l'unité universelle. Deuxième édition. (Verso half-title reads: La théorie de l'unité universelle a paru primitivement sous le titre de Traité de l'association domestique-agricole, ou attraction industrielle). VI: Le nouveau monde industriel et sociétaire ..... Troisième édition, 2e tirage. The double-page table is entitled: 'Phalange en grande échelle' and the plates are bound between the pages 122-123 and are entitled 'Plan d'un phalanstère en grande echelle' and 'Plan d'un phalanstère ou palais habité par une Phalange industrielle.' One folding table entitled 'Tableau du Cours du Mouvement Social' is loosely inserted in volume one, the other folding table is to be found in volume 2. - Stamp of Mr. Alphonse Pignollet on all titles and half-titles. EUR 2250
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FOURIER, CH.F.M. La fausse industrie morcelée, répugnante, mensongère, et l'antidote, l'industrie naturelle, combinée, attrayante, véridique, donnant quadruple produit (et perfection extrème en toutes qualités, added to title of volume 2). Paris, Bossange père, l'auteur, 1835-1836. 2 volumes bound in 1. 8vo. Modern half calf, spine gilt with gilt lettering, marbled boards, top edge gilt (original covers preserved, uncut). Del Bo, Fourier, 7; Kress C.3953; Goldsmiths 29298; Einaudi 1952; Stammhammer, i, 80. First edition. - Lightly browned. The collation, which is very difficult and irregular, is identical with the collation given by Del Bo. It is one of the rarest works by Fourier, not reprinted in the Oeuvres Complètes and one of the most important of his later works. EUR 2500
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GIRARDIN, E. DE. L'abolition de la misère par l'élévation des salaires. Lettres à M. Thiers. Rapporteur de la commission de l'Assistance et de la Prévoyance publique. Se vend à Paris, à l'administration de librairie, (imprimerie Gerdès), 1850. 96 pp. 8vo. Sewn, disbound. Stammhammer, i, p. 91; Dolléans & Crozier, p. 59; Goldsmiths 37064; not in Mattioli; Palgrave, ii, pp. 214-215 ; Einaudi 2589 (2nd edition). First edition of this pamphlet addressed to Thiers, and suggesting better pay to alleviate the conditions of the poor. Emile de Girardin was editor of La Presse and opened its columns for the socialists. He is considered as 'the father of modern journalism and a man with a genius for publicity' (Georges Duveau). He was a man who carried everything to extremes, an unscrupulous speculator, an original and impartial thinker, a devoted friend, active in business and eminent as a man of letters. He was the man who founded several journals during his lifetime which he offered for very small subscription fees, at half or even less the amount charged by the other journals. By the time of his death de Girardin was worth in excess of 8 million francs, proof that the age of mass journalism had arrived. - Small hole in title affecting the word 'de' in the title. EUR 400
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GUEROULT, G. Les théories de l'Internationale. Étude critique. Paris, Didier et Cie., 1872. viii, 256 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. Stammhammer, i, p. 99; Dale, French Labor: A Bibliography, p. 91. First edition. Saint-simonian journalist, Guéroult here discusses the International in relation to the events of the Commune, its doctrines, the social theories, its influence and its political activities and influence. EUR 175
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GUESDE, J. Le collectivisme au Collège de France. Nouvelle édition. Paris, Derveaux, 1886. 52, (2) pp. + 15 pp. containing the catalogue of the publisher Dervaux. Small 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, uncut, a bit frayed and damaged. DBMOF, xii, pp. 347-358. - Covers loose. Chapters: Le Collectivisme au Collège de France - Le Collectivisme et la Justice - Et l'Utilité - Et la Liberté - Et la Famille.The first edition appeared in 1883. EUR 75
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HALES, J. Autograph Letter Signed inviting the unknown recipient to attend to a meeting to be held in London in March 1872 'to Commemorate the Revolution of the 18th of March'. One folded 8vo sheet, the second page is pasted into a protective folding map, which has on the outside the text 'Collection André Guillon'. Small 8vo. John Hales was General Secretary of the British section of the Second International. The event is organized under the auspices of the members of the International, the Refugees of the Commune and the Democrats of London. The unknown recipient is also asked if he is willing to contribute as expenses are expected to be quite high.It commemorates the rising on March 18, 1871, in which the Commune was proclaimed. The rising was the result of a confrontation between the Provisional Government (created after the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian war) in Versailles and headed by Thiers, and the people of Paris over housing policy, the status of the National Guard in Paris, the arrest, conviction and incarceration of popular left-wing leaders, press censorship and the government's attempt to seize from the bluffs of Montmartre the cannon forged by the Parisians for their self-defense during the war. This last measure triggered the uprising of March 18, in which officers leading the expedition were massacered by the Parisian crowd. EUR 100
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HELLERSBERG, DR. Soziologie, soziale Frage, Socialismus, Anarchismus. Katalog 17. Charlottenburg, Hellersberg, (c.1928). 104, (8) pp. 8vo. Contemporary orange half cloth, marbled boards, corners, brown morcco label with gilt lettering, original covers preserved. Interesting catalogue containing 2135 priced items offered for sale by Antiquariat & Verlag Dr. Hellersberg. Subdivision of the catalogue: I. Philosophie der Geschichte - Soziologie; II. Soziale Frage - Sozialpolitik; III. Sozialismus und Anarchismus bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts; IV. Sozialismus und Anarchismus im 19. Jahrhunderts. EUR 100
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HENNEQUIN, V. Les Amours au Phalanstère. Paris, à la Librairie Phalanstérienne, 1849. - (Preceded by:) CONSIDERANT, V. Exposition abrégée du Système Phalanstérien de Fourier. Suivie d'études sur quelques Problèmes fondamentaux de la Destinée Sociale. Troisième édition. Paris, A la librairie Sociétaire, 1846. 2 works in one volume. 64 pp.; 114, (12, catalogue) pp. 12mo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, red and green label, extremities a bit worn, spine lightly shaved. First work: Del Bo, p. 30. Second edition probably: Del Bo lists one edition dated 1847. Hennequin was editor of the Démocratie Pacifique and one of the most ardent propagandists of the theories of Fourier which he tried to diffuse in the smaller villages and towns by delivering courses. This work is an exposition of the ideas and theories of Fourier dealing with love and the regulation or organisation of relations between the sexes in the Phalanstère.Second work: Del Bo, p. 13.- Some unobtrusive spotting. EUR 325
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LA HODDE, L. DE. Histoire des sociétés secrètes et du parti républicain de 1830 à 1848. Louis-Philippe et la Révolution de Février. Portraits, scènes de conspiration, faits inconnus. Paris, Julien Lanier et Cie., 1850. (4), 511 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, a bit discoloured, uncut. Stammhammer, i, p. 124. First edition. La Hodde pretended to support the case of the republicans, but was actually a police-spy, and exposed as such by Caussidière. Since he had infiltrated in several societies, La Hodde had much and intimate knowledge and his testimony can not be neglected. Contains valuable information on various secret societies and on clandestine publications. For the author see also: Maitron, DBMOF, ii, pp. 41. EUR 200
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LACHAPPELLE, J. Considérations philosophiques sur la Révolution Française, ou Examen des causes générales et des principales causes immédiates qui ont déterminé cette révolution, influé sur ses progrès, contribué à ses déviations morales, à ses exagérations politiques. A Paris, Chez l'auteur & chez Fuchs, Benoist, Deroi, Belin, an V (1797). (8), 280, cxi pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, marbled boards. Martin & Walter 17963; Monglond, iv, 5. The final cxi pages contain critical observations in the form of notes, supplying 'pièces justificatives'. The final one contains the Manifeste des Egaux. EUR 750
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LAGARDEL, G. Proletariat' i armiya. London, 1902. 48 pp. Small 8vo. Original printed covers (Biblioteka Zhizni, no. 3). Zaleski 1295; Anderson 681; Maitron, DBMOF, 13, p. 175ff.; not in Brécy; not in Stammhammer; not in Dolléans & Crozier. First edition? Hubert Lagardelle was one of the leading theorists of syndicalism. He was born in 1875 in Toulouse and died in 1958. He became involved in the socialist movement in the early 1890s, founded, in 1899, the journal Le mouvement socialiste, which lasted upto 1914. He is the author of many pamphlets and borchures and books, although this pamphlet is not mentioned even by Maitron, only Zaleski and Anderson listing the work.The cover serves as title-page; at the head of title: Le Prolétariat et l'Armée par H. Lagardelle. EUR 250
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LAMENNAIS, (H.) F. (R. DE.) Le livre du peuple. Paris, Pagnerre, 1838. 211 pp. 12mo. Sewn in original printed covers, spine a bit damaged, discoloured, address label of Saint-Jorré, libraire, pasted on front cover. Goldsmiths 30759; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; Escoffier 1313; Vicaire, iv, p. 1092. One of the issues of the first edition. Both Escoffier and Vicaire list an edition in 194 pages, published by Delloye et Lécou in the same year in 8vo. Hugues Félicité Robert de Lamennais (1782-1854), French social philosopher. Lamennais, the son of an ennobled shipowner, was influenced in the years of his early education by the rationalistic outlook of the French revolution. But as a result of his philosophical and historical studies and the influence of his brother Jean Marie he soon became convinced of the paramount importance of religious belief as the basis for a program of action. All his views on social philosophy and social reform were henceforth expressed in the framework of religious doctrine, within which he managed, however, to oscillate between the ultraconservative and ultraradical extremes. Indeed few men have achieved such a complete revolution in their thought as this upholder of the strictest Romanist claims who died the excommunicated champion of Red democracy after having occupied every intermediate position between those two poles. He and his collaborators on the journal l'Avenir generated excitement among the younger clergy and controversy in the church by proposing a radical reorientation in church attitudes towards society and government. Although his influence was limited, his career is significant in three important ways. First, at the most general level, the principal preoccupations of his writings show the impact of the dual revolution -the French revolution that had taken place and the industrial revolution that was beginning- had on French intellectual life in the first half of the nineteenth century. Second, and more specifically, Lamennais before 1834 was foremost among those who breathed new intellectual vigor into French Catholicism. By his desire to strengthen the pope's authority and thus give greater unity to the church, he was one of the first and most uncompromising of ultramontanes. By his desire to separate church and state and to ally church with liberalism, he was one of the first liberal Catholics. By his concern for the working classes, he was an early proponent of social Catholicism. Each of these was destined to be a major trend in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Third, at a more personal level, there is moral grandeur in the decision he took to break with the church and to follow the dictates of his logic and his conscience. The present work is, together with his Paroles d'un croyant (Paris 1834) one of the key works of Lamennais. It is also a typical writing for humanitarian socialism of the era, and had a success that almost equalled Lamennais's earlier Paroles d'un croyant. EUR 325
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LANSAC, M. Les conceptions méthodologiques et sociales de Charles Fourier. Leur influence. Paris, J. Vrin, 1926. (4), 144 pp. 8vo. Modern cloth, original covers preserved (Université de Paris - Faculté de Droit.) Del Bo, Fourier, p. 94. First edition. With index and bibliography. EUR 75
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LASSALLE, F. Herr Bastiat-Schulze von Delitzsch, der ökonomische Julian, oder: Kapital und Arbeit. Berlin, 1864. x, 269 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half calf, corners, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments. Stammhammer, i, p. 126; Quack, v, pp. 282 ff.; Einaudi 3226; Masui 830. Rare first edition. Lassalle 'attacked (the economist) Schultz-Delitzsch ..... for the principles he had borrowed from Bastiat, and denounced his system of co-operation as an utterly insufficient solution of the labour problem, expounding at the same time his own views and vindicating his practical proposals. In this book ..... occurs the celebrated passage in which he ridicules the 'abstinence' theory of profit' (Palgrave).The three most important economic publications, the Arbeiterprogramm (1863), Offenes Antwortschreiben (1863) und Herr Bastiat-Schulze von Delitzsch, ....... (1864), are all of them brilliant pamphlets that embody, so far as analysis is concerned, a somewhat superficial but ably exploited Ricardianism ..... (Schumpeter, p. 454). - Bookplate removed from the front paste-down, a fine and clean copy. EUR 400
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LAURENT-PICHAT, L. Eight Autograph Letters Signed and two subscription forms by Léon Laurent-Pichat, (1823-1886), French politician and author. Contains: 1. Letter dated 2 May 1869, addressed to a colleague, concerning a letter received from Delescluze. 12mo. 2, (2 blank) pp.Laurent-Pichat was one of the financial supporters of Delescluze's Réveil. In this letter he promises to give works by the painter Chenavard a prominent place in a forthcoming 'salon'. 2. Letter dated 28 June 1872 to a 'cher confrère'. 8vo. 1, (3 blank) pp.'Your verses are very biting. They represent whip-lashes in the face in and out of season. Thank you.' 3. Letter dated 22 January 1878, 8vo, 2, (2 blank) pp., on stationary of the Senate, to a colleague, thanking him for having sent three of his publications among which a poem on Garibaldi and a comedy on poets. He informs the writer that he does not know the Minster of Public Education, but that he knows that his budget is 'miserable'. 3. Letter dated 22 April 1881 to send congratulations. Patience always pays. 8vo. 1, (3 blank) pp. 4. Letter, undated, contents of no importance. 8vo. 1, (1 blank) pp. 5. Letter, undated, on mourning-paper, telling the recepient that he will not be able to be present, but that he will attend spiritually. 12mo. 1, (3 blank) pp. 6. Letter, 12mo, 3, (1 blank) pp., undated: 'I have read your poem in the journal of Vienne and return your text herewith. I do not forget the photograph of your painting 'Les remords de Macbeth''. The Réveil is extremely busy with the forthcoming elections. He gives the recepient the advice to sign the satyre because he himself is an artist. 7. Letter, 12mo, 2, (2 blank) pp., undated, informing the recepient that he will be in Paris for a few days only to visit l'Isle Adam. He will not be able to be present at a meeting around the recepient's work, but he will spiritually be present. Sends his best wishes and greetings to Lefort, Jourdan, Chassin, Reclus. 8. Letter, undated, with excuses for not being able to accept an invitation. 8vo. 1, (3 blank) pp. 9. Two subscriptions forms signed by Laurent-Pichat for his commanditary association to La Coopération. Journal du progrès social, for the years 1866 and 1867. 2 oblong 8vo pieces. EUR 350
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LE FLO. Discours prononcé à l'Assemblée nationale le 11 Mai 1849. (Paris), Impr. E. Duverger, (1849). Small folio leaflet of 1 page. Speech by General Le Flo: The honour of the French army is at stake! EUR 75
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LECLAIRE - EXTRAIT du recueil de notes sur les abus introduits dans la peinture en bâtiment, ainsi que dans la dorure, la tenture et la vitrerie; avec les moyens de les prévenir et de les faire cesser. Suivi d'un règlement d'ouvriers. Paris, Carilian-Goeury, 1841. (16) pp, 3-33 pp. (complete). - (Followed by:) DES AMELIORATIONS qu'il serait possible d'apporter dans le sort des ouvriers peintres en bâtiments, suivies des réglements d'administration et de répartition des bénéfices que produit le travail, et mis en pratique en 1842 dans sa maison. Paris, Ve Bouchard-Huzard, 1843. 61 pp. - (Followed by:) DIALOGUES sur la concurrence sans limites dans la peinture en bâtiments, ainsi que dans le dorure, la tenture et la vitrerie. Paris, Carilian-Goeury, 1842. (4), 36 pp. - (Followed by:) COMPTE RENDU aux clients de sa maison des résultats qu'ils lui ont aidé à obtenir pour le bien-être de ses ouvriers. Société de secours mutuels intéressée dans une entreprise industrielle. Participation de l'ouvrier aux bénéfices du patron. Paris, Ve Bouchard-Huzard, 1865. 31 pp. - (Followed by:) SUPPLEMENT au compte rendu. Paris, Ve Bouchard-Huzard, 1867. 20 pp. - (Followed by:) SOCIETE DE SECOURS MUTUELS des ouvriers et employés de la maison Leclaire. 28e assemblée générale annuelle, 5 mai 1867. Discours prononcé par M. Barral, ouvrier peintre en lettres. Paris, Ve Bouchard-Huzard, 1867. 16 pp. - (Followed by:) PROCES-VERBAL de la 29e assemblée générale de la Société de prévoyance et de secours mutuels des ouvriers et employés de la maison Leclaire. 3 mai 1868. Paris, Ve Bouchard-Huzard, (1868). 40 pp. - (Followed by:) MAISON LECLAIRE devenue A. Defournaux et Cie. Société de secours mutuels intéressée dans une entreprise industrielle. Association de l'ouvrier aux bénéfices du patron. Règlement de la maison. Règlement de la Société de prévoyance et de secours mutuels des ouvriers et employés de la maison Leclaire. Paris, Ve Bouchard-Huzard, Guillaumin et Cie., 1873. xxvi, 142 pp. - (Followed by:) REGLEMENT de la Société de prévoyance et de secours mutuels pour les ouvriers peintres de la maison Leclaire, autorisée par décision du Ministre de l'intérieur (no 160), en date du 28 septembre 1838. Paris, Ve Bouchard-Huzard, 1854. 16 pp. - (Followed by:) REGLEMENT à observer dans les ateliers par les ouvriers et employés. Paris, Ve Bouchard-Huzard, 1854. With folding table. 32 pp. Together 10 pieces. 8vo. 8 pieces bound in 1 volume, modern half morocco, 2 separately bound in modern boards. Maison Leclaire was the first company to apply worker's participation in the profits of the company and maintained a system of mutual insurance and mutual aid. The system of Leclaire served as a model for Louis Blanc in the 4th edition of his 'Organisation du travail' (1845). A highly interesting collection. EUR 1250
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LECOUTURIER, H. La cosmosophie ou le socialisme universel. Paris, Chez l'auteur, 1850. (4), 350 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt incompartments, gilt lettering. Stammhammer, i, p. 130; Goldsmiths 37216; not in Einaudi; Caillet 6365. Only edition of this curious and strongly anti-religious work. The author defends socialism as necessary for social order. The work contains the famous phrase 'A chacun selon ses besoins' while the author deals with the question of balance between 'produire et jouir.' - Slightly spotted throughout. EUR 225
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LEROUX, J. Autograph Letter Signed adressed to a person whose name has been removed and announcing that Leroux will 'faire paraitre et distribuer la lettre ci-jointe (no longer present)d'un cadidat de 1849 aux electeurs d'avant 1848'. 1 page. 8vo. Undated letter in which Leroux explains that the goal of this publication is to 'rechauffer ma prefession de foi', and further that this piece is 'un véritable manifest sous une forme assez piquante'. Jules Leroux (1805-1883), brother of Pierre Leroux, was typographer and collaborated with his brother. He was an ardent saint-simonist. After 1855 he joined an Icarian community of Cabet in Kansas (USA). EUR 150
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LEROUX, P. Réfutation de l'eclectisme où se trouve exposée la vraie définition de la philosophie, et où l'on explique le sens, la suite et l'enchaînement des divers philosophes depuis Descartes. Nouvelle édition. Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1841. xviii, (2), 351 pp. 8vo. Modern half calf with raised bands, marbledboards, gilt lettering, uncut. Evans, Le socialisme romantique, p. 245; DBMOF, ii, pp. 501-503. Second edition. - Very slightly browned in the margins. The name 'eclectic' was most appropriately given to the school of which the most distinguished members were Victor Cousin and Théodore Jouffroy. They had already been vehemently attacked in the Revue Indépendente, which journal was being used to attack the German official philosophy as well as the official French philosophical School, headed by Cousin. Leroux argued for a replacement of the christian religions by his 'déisme national'. See at length: Maitron and Evans.Pierre Leroux (1797-1871), utopian socialist. Pierre Leroux was one of the most influential, prolific, and in some ways the most unusual of the utopian socialists who populated the literary and political worlds of the late Restoration and the July Monarchy. He combined several talents and vocations: philosopher, poet, inventor, journalist, and political activist. Leroux's influence extended from republican secret societies to the salons of literati habituated by such as Victor Hugo and George Sand. He put his stamp on the peculiarly French romantic socialism of the era. In 1824 Leroux founded his own newspaper, the Globe, in which he promoted the liberal ideas fashionable among opponents of the Restoration monarchy. During this period Leroux came under the influence of Saint-Simon and his ideas.Leroux founded an experimental community in Broussac (Creuze) of eighty persons which drew the attention of a cluster of wandering romantic writers and musicians from France and Germany: even Franz Liszt took an interest. Leroux was politically very active: he took a seat in the Assembly in 1848 as a deputy from Paris, he sat in the Legislative Assembly in 1849 and identified himself with the Left, or the Mountain, but refused to associate himself with the Mountain's call for insurrection in June 1849. He joined Cabet and Louis Blanc on the island of Jersey where they set up a community similar to the one in Boussac. Leroux died in 1871 during the Commune, the great civil war that he devoted his life to preventing (see Sanford Elwitt in: Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the Second Empire, vol. i, pp. 623 ff). EUR 425
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LICHTENBERGER, A. Le socialisme au XVIIIe siècle. Etude sur les idées socialistes dans les écrivains français du XVIIIe siècle avant la Révolution. New York, A.M. Kelley, 1967. (10),viii, 471, (1, blank), 1, (1 blank) pp. 8vo. Original publishers cloth. (Reprints of Economic Classics). Reprint of the 1895 edition. Still today a very useful and interesting study. Deals among others with novels, utopias, theatre, Gueudeville, the Abbé Castel de Saint-Pierre, Meslier, Montesquieu, d'Argenson, Rousseau, Raynal, Mercier, Rétif de la Bretonne, Mably, Condillac, Condorcet, the philosophes, socialism and philantropy, socialism and the reform of criminal law, socialism and literature, etc. etc. EUR 125
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LIMOUSIN, CHARLES - SOCIETE d'études économiques pour les réformes fiscales. - Assemblée générale du 28 Janvier 1878. (Drop-head title). Paris, Plon, (1878). 24 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Brécy, Le mouvement syndical, p. 153; DBMOF, vii, p. 167. Original edition. Contains texts edited by Charles Limousin, former Fourierist, general secretary of the Society, former member of the First International, later editor of several journals of socialist, and cooperative tendency. He founded the Mouvement social. EUR 150
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LUXEMBURG, R. Die Akkumulation des Kapitals. Ein Beitrag zur ökonomischen Erklärung des Imperialismus. Berlin, Verlag: Buchhandlung Vorwärts Paul Singer, 1913. (8), 446, (2, imprint) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, corners, gilt lettering to spine, spine discoloured, small defect to front joint. Not in Einaudi. First edition. Rosa Luxemburg (1870-1919) was a socialist thinker, writer and economist. In the period 1907-1914 she lectured in political economy, and then in economic history. She aimed at producing an orthodox popularizing manual convinced that political economy found its peak and climax in Marx's works. Attempting to give an outline of the general tendencies of capitalist economy however, she faced insurmountable problems, previously unsuspected. She could find no satisfactory answer in Marx to the question 'what are the objective historical limits to capitalism?' Excited by her own hypothesis she wrote in a period of 4 months over 500 pages and without even reading the draft turned it over to the publisher. This was the genesis of her opus magnum: Die Akkumulation des Kapitals. The significance of the work lies in the fact that it is an attempt at a theoretical solution of the known Marxian statement that the conditions of production are not identical with the conditions of realization. The departing point for the accumulation theory are the schemes of capitalist reproduction in part II of Das Kapital, the least read and most difficult text by Marx but which was in Luxemburg's opinion vital to answer the question: 'why is capitalism on economic grounds, an impossibility?' or, rephrased: 'can reproduction, which came to expansion in the capitalist economy, continue (theoreticaly) unlimited?' - Modern bookpolate on front paste-down. EUR 800
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MABLY - (BARTHELEMI, L.) Le destin de la France, par l'abbé de Mably; suivi de la vie de cet auteur, par M. l'abbé Barthélemi. No place, 1790. 252 pp. Small 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering.Tchémerzine-Scheler, iv, p. 258; Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, vol v, pp. 672-3; Michaud, iii, pp. 181-2). First edition. For a long time attributed to Gabriel Mably, the work was actually written by Louis Barthélemy who added a bio-bibliography which was mainly fictional. Tchémerzine-Scheler has a copy without the fictional bio-bibliography, also dated 1790, and with a different collation. EUR 225
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MABLY, (G. BONNOT DE). Entretiens de Phocion, sur le rapport de la morale avec la politique, traduits du grec de Nicolès, avec des remarques. Zürich, Heidegger & Compagnie, 1763. xxviii, 247, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Higgs; not in INED. Edition printed in the same year as the first edition, which edition was actually printed in France under a Dutch imprint. Probably written in 1761 and published in 1763, this was by far the best known and best received work by Mably. It was awarded the prize for the best work of the year by the Société littéraire suisse and it was translated into Italian, German, Swedish, English, Polish, Spanish and Greek and was twelve times reprinted before the revolution.The dialogue purports to be the translation af a Greek manuscript recently discovered at Monte Cassino, whose author, a certain Nicocles, had been present at a series of didactic conversations between the doomed Athenian commander Phocion and a young fellow-citizen named Aristias. After a long exploration of the "relations between politics and morality," the dialogue ends on a sharply pessimistic note, befitting its somber historical context. Despite its classical costume, Entretiens de Phocion is certainly contemporary in its concerns: a reaction to the political and intellectual upheavals of the decade of the 1750s. For an elaborate analysis of the work see: J.K. Wright, A Classical Republican in Eighteenth-century France. The Political Thought of Mably, pp. 80-93.Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709-1785), French historian, moralist and political philospher. After he retired Mably began to produce a number of works, most of which were oriented about the purpose of ameliorating the contemporary evils of France but which carried him into widely ramified branches of social and political philosophy. His works plainly reveal his intimate acquaintance with the thought of Plato, Cicero, Locke, and his brother Condillac. Although he firmly believed that political and legal equality had no meaning without economic equality. Mably connot, however, be classed as a communist, although he is frequently so regarded and although he actually inspired Babeuf. He believed communism to be the ideal system and posited the possibility that it had existed in the primitive state of man. But a quality of realism and an inclination toward the evolutionary standpoint prevented him from espousing any political system which failed to take full account of human nature and of the peculiar history and customs of the people concerned. EUR 450
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MABLY, (G. BONNOT DE.) Entretiens de Phocion, sur le rapport de la morale avec la politique, traduits du grec de Nicolès, avec des remarques. Seconde édition. A Amsterdam, 1763. xxxvi, 248 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, labelwith gilt lettering, red edges Cf.: INED 2992; Goldsmiths 9925; Higgs 3082 (all listing other editions). Second edition. Probably written in 1761 and published in 1763, this was by far the best known and best received work by Mably. It was awarded the prize for the best work of the year by the Société littéraire suisse and it was translated into Italian, German, Swedish, English, Polish, Spanish and Greek and was twelve times reprinted before the revolution.The dialogue purports to be the translation af a Greek manuscript recently discovered at Monte Cassino, whose author, a certain Nicocles, had been present at a series of didactic conversations between the doomed Athenian commander Phocion and a young fellow-citizen named Aristias. After a long exploration of the "relations between politics and morality," the dialogue ends on a sharply pessimistic note, befitting its somber historical context. Despite its classical costume, Entretiens de Phocion is certainly contemporary in its concerns: a reaction to the political and intellectual upheavals of the decade of the 1750s. For an elaborate analysis of the work see: J.K. Wright, A Classical Republican in Eighteenth-century France. The Political Thought of Mably, pp. 80-93.Although with an Amsterdam imprint, the work was printed in France. Mably states that the root of all social injustice lies in private property. He is often hailed as an 'early communist'. Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709-1785), French historian, moralist and political philospher. After he retired Mably began to produce a number of works, most of which were oriented about the purpose of ameliorating the contemporary evils of France but which carried him into widely ramified branches of social and political philosophy. His works plainly reveal his intimate acquaintance with the thought of Plato, Cicero, Locke, and his brother Condillac. Although he firmly believed that political and legal equality had no meaning without economic equality, Mably connot, however, be classed as a communist, although he is frequently so regarded and although he actually inspired Babeuf. He believed communism to be the ideal system and posited the possibility that it had existed in the primitive state of man. But a quality of realism and an inclination toward the evolutionary standpoint prevented him from espousing any political system which failed to take full account of human nature and of the peculiar history and customs of the people concerned. - Copy from the Bibliothèque Laplagne-Barris, with labels on the front paste-down. EUR 450
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MABLY, (G. BONNOT DE.) Observations sur l'histoire de France. Tome Premier [- Tome Second]. A Genève, Par la Compagnie des Libraires, 1765. 2 volumes. xx, 453, (1) pp.; viii, 427, (1) pp. 12mo Contemporary marbled covers, uncut, small loss of paper at foot of volume two, a nice uncut copy. Peignot 276; Tchemerzine-Scheler 250; Monod 1017; Conlon 65:1037. Original edition. Audacious defence of equal rights. The author 'louait les Francs d'avoir affranchi les Gaulois du joug romain et représentait Charlemagne comme un souverain constitutionnel. Ces principes trop audacieux affrayèrent le gouvernement, qui proscrivit sévèrement le livre' (Belin, Le mouvement philosophique, i, p. 182). Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709-1785), French historian, moralist and political philospher. After he retired Mably began to produce a number of works, most of which were oriented about the purpose of ameliorating the contemporary evils of France but which carried him into widely ramified branches of social and political philosophy. His works plainly reveal his intimate acquaintance with the thought of Plato, Cicero, Locke, and his brother Condillac. Although he firmly believed that political and legal equality had no meaning without economic equality, Mably cannot, however, be classed as a communist, although he is frequently so regarded and although he actually inspired Babeuf. He believed communism to be the ideal system and posited the possibility that it had existed in the primitive state of man. But a quality of realism and an inclination toward the evolutionary standpoint prevented him from espousing any political system which failed to take full account of human nature and of the peculiar history and customs of the people concerned. EUR 350
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MABLY, (G. BONNOT) DE. De la législation, ou Principes des loix. A Amsterdam (Paris), 1776. 2 volumes in 1. viii, 264 pp.; iv, 264 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, marbled edges. Camus 121; Conlon 76:1238; Tchemerezine-Scheler, iv, p. 251. First edition. The present work marks a return to the dialogue form of Des Droits et des Devoir du Citoyen (written in the late 1750s) in the work of Mably. The central preoccupation is an ambitious program of political reform, designed to redress the ills and injustices caused by excessive social inequality; it moves from general statements of principle to consideration of the specific contexts and prospects for reform in different European states. This sustained critique of social inequality was accompanied by a serious and approving reflection on the notion of a communauté des biens. The grounds of the critique are twofold, involving an appeal both to natural principle and to historical evidence. This is, moreover, one of the books that won Mably his reputation as a "communist" writer. De la Législation, in particular, has long been seen as one of the most coherent presentations of an early socialist viewpoint to have emerged from the French enlightenment (Johnson Kent Wright, A Classical Republican in Eighteenth-Century France. The Political Thought of Mably, pp. 94 ff with elaborate analysis). - A very nice copy. EUR 750
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MABLY, (G. BONNOT) DE. De la législation, ou principes des loix. A Amsterdam, 1777. 2 volumes in 1. 222 pp.; 220 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, a bit rubbed. Cf.: Camus 121. Second edition. - Fine copy. The present work marks a return to the dialogue form of Des Droits et des Devoir du Citoyen (written in the late 1750s) in the work of Mably. The central preoccupation is an ambitious program of political reform, designed to redress the ills and injustices caused by excessive social inequality; it moves from general statements of principle to consideration of the specific contexts and prospects for reform in different European states. This sustained critique of social inequality was accompanied by a serious and approving reflection on the notion of a communauté des biens. The grounds of the critique are twofold, involving an appeal both to natural principle and to historical evidence. This is, moreover, one of the books that won Mably his reputation as a "communist" writer. De la Législation, in particular, has long been seen as one of the most coherent presentations of an early socialist viewpoint to have emerged from the French enlightenment (See for an elaborate analysis: Johnson Kent Wright, A Classical Republican in Eighteenth-Century France. The Political Thought of Mably, pp. 94 ff.) EUR 500
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MAGIN, P.J. Autograph Letter Signed on stationary of the Corps Législatif, to accompany his subscription form (also present, dated and signed) for 'La Coopération. Journal du Progrès Social', dated 7 September 1867. 2 pieces. 1, (1 blank) pp. and 1, (1 blank) pp. 8vo and oblong 8vo. Pierre-Joseph Magnin (born in Dijon 1824), French politician, Minister and senator, and governor of the Banque de France. EUR 125
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MALON, B. Five handwritten letters, probably by a secretary, but all signed by B. Malon, on stationary of 'La Revue Socialiste'. Benoit Melon, French socialist and founder of the Revue socialiste in 1885. He was elected to the National Assembly on February 8, 1871, from which he resigned simultaneously with Henry Rochefort after voting against the peace treaty (with Germany). He was a member of the important Commission of Labour, Industry and Trade of the Paris Commune, struggled upto the last day of the insurrection and then fled to Switzerland. He returned to France with the amnesty of 1880 and was, together with Jules Guesde, one of the founders of the Parti ouvrier. In 1885 he separated from the Parti ouvrier and founded an independent socialist party closely akin to the more famous German revisionists. He opposed to the revolutionary strategy of the Marxists the reformist method ('possibilism') and looked to universal suffrage and the aid of enlightened bourgeois elements to make revolutionary tactics unnecessary. See: Maitron, Dictionnaire Biographique du Mouvement Ouvrier Français, vol vii, pp. 230-234. Contains:1. Letter, dated Asnières, 10 August 1888. Speaking already about his illness (cancer of the throat), which would end his life in 1893. He has read with interest the addressee's 'Travail-fonction' . 2 pp. 8vo.2. Letter, dated Asnières, 16 August 1888. He does no more move outside his house and is still overwhelmed by work. He hopes to make the acquaintance of the addressee soon. 1 page. 8vo.3. Letter, dated 27 August 1891 to 'Mon cher Wéber.' He will ask Bertrand the complete texts of the resolutions accepted at the Socialist Congress of Brussels. Asks him to write for the Revue Socialiste a report, but to be short about the exclusive marxist parts and to be more extensive on the history of socialism. 2 pp. 8vo. (Torn apart and on the verso annotations in an extremely difficult to read hand )4. Letter, dated Cannes, 25 May 1892 to 'Mon cher maître', thanking for the attention paid to his bad health and looking forward to meet the addressee soon, either in Paris of Asnières. 2 pp.5. Undated letter, entirely in Malon's own hand, speaking about 'votre Justice économique' that just went to the printer, and speaking about the third volume of his 'Socialisme intégral' 4 pp. 8vo.Added: 5 names cards of Edouard Vaillant, with handwritten notes on them, all dating from 1913-14. EUR 450
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MARECHAL, S. Le jugement dernier des rois, prophétie en un acte, en prose par P. Sylvain Maréchal. Jouée sur le Théatre de la République au mois vendemiaire et jours suivants. A Paris, De l'Imp. de C.F. Patris, l'an second (1794). 28 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, 23054; Dommanget, Sylvain Maréchal, p. 457; Tourneux, iii, 18504, all listing the edition of viii, 36 pp. First edition. Comparison shows that this copy has been set from a much smaller type than the copy listed in the above mentioned reference works. 'Le jugement dernier des rois caractérise la Terreur. C'est sans contredit, la piece qui reflète le mieux les aspirations républicaines des sans-culottes; de là son éclatant succès' (For an extensive history and analysis of the piece: Dommanget, op.cit., chapter 10).Pierre-Sylvain Maréchal (1750-1803), journalist, writer and leader in Babeuf's Conspiracy of Equals and author of the Manifesto of the Equals, although its libertarian principles were not accepted unanimoulsy by the conspirators. 'A simply and kindly man of innocent morality, this scholar, artist and libertarian left behind him important work that has become somewhat obsolete' (F. Legrand in: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, vol ii, pp. 634-635.) EUR 750
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MARITCH, S. Histoire du mouvement social sous le Second Empire à Lyon. Thèse. Paris, Rousseau et Cie., 1930. 275 pp. Large 8vo. Sewn, uncut. This is the original thesis. The work was immediately published as a book, with the same publisher, the same year and same number of pages but without the indication 'thèse'. EUR 100
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MARITCH, S. Histoire du mouvement social sous le Second Empire à Lyon. Paris, Rousseau et Cie., 1930. 275 pp. Large 8vo. Sewn, uncut. EUR 100
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MARITCH, S. Histoire du mouvement social sous le Second Empire à Lyon. Paris, Rousseau et Cie., 1930. 275 pp. Large 8vo. Cloth, original covers preserved. EUR 125
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MARTIN, G. Les associations ouvrières au XVIIIe siècle (1700-1792). Paris, A. Rousseau, 1900. (6), 277 pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed covers, small damage to front cover, with a spot, a bit discoloured, an uncut copy. First edition. According to Dolléans & Crozier the first edition appeared in 1899. But the appearance of an errata-leaf following the title at least suggests that this is the first edition. Deals a.o. with: La royauté et les associations ouvrières; La législation sur les associations ouvrières avant 1789; La loi de Le Chepalier; etc. - Inscribed by the author, the name of the dedicatee erased. EUR 100
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MARX, K. Le capital. Traduction de M.J. Roy, entièrement révisée par l'auteur. Paris, M. Lachâtre et Cie., (1872-1875). With frontispiece portrait, facsimile of a letter from Marx to Lachâtre and the latter's reply on the following page. 351, (1) pp. 4to. Half calf, marbled boards. Cf.: Rubel, Bibliographie des Oeuvres de Karl Marx, 634; cf.: PMM 359. First issue of the first edition of the French translation, issued in 'livraisons' between August 1872 and May 1875. With the last 'livraison' Marx published an Avis au Lecteur in which he stated that this edition 'possède une valeur scientifique indépendante de l'original et doit être consulté même par les lecteurs familiers avec la langue allemande'. The importance of this French edition lies in the fact that Marx himself actively participated in the translating process during which he made important additions and changes to the text and about which Marx remarked 'j'ai un travail de diable avec cette traduction.' Marx attached a particular importance to this French edition, more so than to the Russian edition of 1872: in a letter to Lachâtre of 12 May 1874 he writes, 'Qu'elles que soient les imperfections littéraires de cette édition française, elle possède une valeur scientifique indépendante de l'original et doit être consultée même par les lecteurs familiers avec la langue allemande'. The publisher of this edition, Maurice Lachâtre, was the founder of the Librairie du Progrès where he published the second issue. EUR 6000
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MATHON DE LA COUR, (C.J.) Par quelles causes et par quels degrés les loix de Lycurgue se sont altérées chez les Lacédémoniens jusqu'à ce qu'elles ayent été anéanties. Dissertation qui a remporté le prix dans l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres, le 28 avril 1767. Avec des notes contenant les principaux traits de l'histoire de Lacédémone. Par M. Mathon de la Cour le Fils. A Lyon, & se trouve A Paris, Chez Durand, et Vallat-la-Chapelle, 1767. (6), 100, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Conlon 67:1083. First edition. Lichtenberger, Le socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, cites this work, which contains a rough outline for a larger work the author planned, but which never appeared. There were at this period in history many discussions about the political systems of Antiquity, and the 'amis de l'égalité' especially admired Sparta: Sparta was utopia which became reality: no more 'yours and mine' but 'un partage égal des terres parmi les citoyens, et de bannir entièrement de Sparte le luxe, l'avarice, les procès, .....' (Lichtenberger, p. 366). EUR 300
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MAZZINI, J. Le Pape au dix-neuvième siècle Paris, Au bureau du Nouveau Monde, 1850. 71, (1 blank) pp. Small 8vo. Disbound. Original edition. Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872), Italian patriot and political and social thinker. In his birthplace, Genoa, in France, where he organized Young Italy in 1832, in Switzerland from 1834 to 1836 and in England, where he lived except for brief intervals from 1837, Mazzini wrote and worked for forty years on behalf of Italian political unification, to be accomplished by revolution and the creation of a republic based on universal suffrage. By summoning the lower classes to the struggle for the achievement of national unity, he sought to evoke the full force of the Italian nation, emancipating the patriotic movement from dependence on princes or privileged groups and on foreign intervention. At the same time Mazzini preached a new religious revelation. Influenced by the French romantics and by the Saint-Simonians, he reacted against the rationalistic and individualistic elements in eighteenth century thought: but from Rousseau he absorbed the principles of democracy and from Condorcet the doctrine of indefinite progress of mankind, while inheriting from the Italian patriots the aspiration toward Italian political unity.The present work was written in the turbulent days after the flight of Pope Pius IX from Rome after a popular revolt: Pius IX had started as a reforming pope but the events in Europe and in Italy forced him to leave Rome and the Pope went into exile in the Kingdom of Naples. After his return he had abandoned all reforming aspirations and his policy from then on was conservative and opposed to all reform. EUR 175
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MERCIER - WILKIE JR., E.C. Mercier's L'an 2440. Its publishing history during the author's lifetime. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Library, 1986. With illustrations. 87 pp. 8vo. Sewn in orignalprinted covers. Reprinted from the Harvard Library Bulletin vol. XXXII (1984) No. 1 and No. 4. Contains a short history of the publishing history of the book (and of Mercier of course in connection with this book) followed by an extensive and detailed bibliography of the editions printed during the authors lifetime. EUR 75
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MILLIET - UNE FAMILLE de républicains fouriéristes. Les Milliet. Paris, Giard et Brière, 1915-1916. With numerous plain and coloured illustrations. 2 volumes. 404 pp.; 271 pp. 4to. Sewn, original printed covers, front cover of vol. 1 discoloured, spines very lightly damaged,uncut. Del Bo, Fourier, p. 95. Original edition. Sumptious publications on the cultural and social life of a Fourierist family. The period covered is from shortly before the 1848 revolution upto 1880. The second volume deals extensively with the Paris Commune. EUR 450
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MONFALCON, J.B. Histoire des insurrections de Lyon, en 1831 et 1834, d'après des documents authentiques; précédées d'un essai sur les ouvriers en soie et sur l'organisation de la fabrique. Lyon, Louis Perrin; Paris, Delauney, Didier, 1834. - (Bound with:) (GENTON, GREPPO, ALLERAT). La vérité sur les événements de Lyon, au mois d'avril 1834. Paris, Dentu; Lyon, Chambert, 1834. With 2 plates. 2 works bound in 1 volume. xii, 334 pp.; (6), ii, (2), 280 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, marbled boards. First work: Charléty, Bibliographie de Lyon, 3652; DBMOF, vol. 3, p. 111; not in Dolléans & Crozier; not in Stammhammer. First edition. Fundamental work on the Lyon revolts and on the labour conditions in Lyon. The first insurrection aimed at obtaining collective contracts and showed for the first time the revolutionary strength of the working classes. The insurrection of 1834 was the answer to an attempt by the government to silence the republican opposition by a law forbidding association of more than 20 persons. Esteemed work about which Maitron states: 'Auteur de la toujour précieuse Histoire des insurrections.'Name written in upper blank margin of title-page.Second work: Charléty, Bibliographie de Lyon, 3643.First edition.- Bookplate of Bibliothèque du Palais on front pastedown. EUR 400
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MOREAU, G. Le syndicalisme, les mouvements politiques et l'évolution économique. Paris, Rivière, 1925. (4), 355 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original paper covers, uncut, a bit discoloured, small spot on front cover (Bibliothèque générale d'économie politique). - Copy inscribed by the author 'à mes bons amis: Madame & Monsieur Yon'. EUR 100
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PELLETAN, E. Histoire des trois journées de Février 1848. Paris, Louis Colas, 1848. (6), 184 pp. 8vo. Modern half hard-grained morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled boards, original covers preserved, top edge gilt. Stammhammer, i, p. 171 (3); not in Dolléans & Crozier. First edition. Pierre Clément Eugene Pelletan (1813-1884). Studies law at the Collège Royal in Poitiers, moves to Paris to continue his studies but is more interested in philosophy, economics and history and studies these at the Collège de France and the Sorbonne. He sympathizes with the saint-simonian doctrines, and travels during one year through the north of France, Belgium, Germany and Switserland. He makes his appearance in journalism in 1836 (la Nouvelle Minerve and la France Littéraire). During the revolution of 1848 follows Lamartine into the Hotel de Ville but refuses to be employed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He writes for a large number of journals and remains active in politics until the end of his life. EUR 250
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PERDIGUIER, A. Les Gavots et les Devoirants ou la Réconciliation des Compagnons. Pièce en cinq actes. Paris, Agricol Perdiguier, 1862. 75, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Sewn in original printed wrappers, lower part of spine gone, handwritten date and a number on front cover. Lecotté, Essai Bibliographique sur les Compagnonnages, 677. First edition. Agricol Perdiguier (1805-1875), originally a working man, was elected a representative to the French national assembly of 1848. He wrote three books on French Compagnonnages, or local groups called Devoirs, of itinerant artisans confederated by crafts into general associations covering the whole of the country -many groups had in secret survived their abolition by law in 1791. Perdiguier was clear-headed and intelligent, deservedly esteemed by his fellow working-men. He travelled all over France for many years in order to study the labour organisations in his country and he is known as the 'réorganisateur du compagnonnage'. The importance of his ideas is to be found in the fact that he felt that the working classes could emancipate only through cooperation. Flora Tristan was deeply influenced by him (see: J.L. Puech, La vie et l'oeuvre de Flora Tristan). EUR 250
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PERE-DUCHENE - WALTER, G. Hébert et le Père Duchesne. (Paris), J.B. Janin, (1946). With plates. 424, (6) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, raised bands. EUR 75
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PRAGER, R.L. Marx, Engels, Lasalle. Ihre Schriften und Ideen. Erster Teil. Katalog 215. Berlin, Prager, 1924. 62, (2), xii pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, briddle and lightly damaged.With an essay by Gustav Mayer on Marx's stay in Berlin, and an introduction by Ernst Drahn who was partly responsible for the cataloguing. EUR 100
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PRAGER, R.L. Zur sozialen und wirtschaflichen Entwicklung. Katalog 213/14. Erster Teil eines Jubiläumskatalog aus Anlass des 50 jährigen Geschäftsbestehens herausgegeben von R.L. Prager. Berlin, Prager, 1922. (4), 167, (3) pp. 8vo. Brown half cloth, corners, marbled boards, paper label, original wrappers preserved. All published. Contains 5612 priced items.The firm of R.L. Prager was founded by Robert L. Prager (1843-1918) and continued by his son Werner. "Deralte Prager" soon became one of the first, and foremost, specialists in political science, both as a bookseller and publisher. He was one of Martin breslauer's admired teachers and friends for whom Berslauer worked as a young man for a year in 1891 (see "Erinnerungen eines Antiquars", in Festschrift Zobeltitz, 1927, q.v.). This, todya amazing, catalogue of almost 6000 items, has a historical introduction by K. Zielenziger. Catalogue inscribed by W. Prager to M. Breslauer. EUR 125
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PROUDHON, (P.J.) Correspondance. Précédée d'une notice sur P.J. Proudhon par J.A. Langlois. Paris, Lacroix et Cie., 1875. With a very nice portrait-frontispiece in volume 14. 14 volumes. Large 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Nettlau, p. 21. The correspondence with Pauthier, Ackermann, Huguenet, Bergmann, Tissot, Darimon, but also with De Girardin, Michelet, Louis Blanc, Manzini, Dentu, etc., and even with the prince Napoléon, giving a clear insight in the course of a life and the making of an 'oeuvre' of one of the most famous and important theorists of anarchism in the 19th century. EUR 900
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PROUDHON, (P.J.) & (F.) BASTIAT. Intérêt et principal. Discussion entre M. Proudhon et M. Bastiat sur l'intérêt des capitaux. (Extrait de la Voix du Peuple). Paris, Garnier frères, 1850. - (Bound with:) THIERS, A. De la propriété. Nouvelle édition augmentée des discours sur le droit au travail et sur le crédit foncier. Bruxelles, 1849. 2 works bound in 1 volume. (4), 198 pp.; 290 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering. First work: Hoffman, p. 365; Nettlau, p. 19; Goldsmiths 36966; Einaudi 4577; not in Mattioli (listing a few of the letters forming part of Bastiat's Mélanges d'économie politique....). First edition. - First work a bit spotted, second work browned and with a small stamp on the half-title. Earlier Bastiat and Proudhon had had a discussion in the columns of La Voix du Peuple by way of letters. This is the whole discussion made available to the reader for the first time in one volume, but it lacks the 14th letter by Bastiat, published in the work Gratuité du crédit which was published in the same year. Claude Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850), French economist and publicist. He later works show great familiarity with the works of French, American, Italian and Britsh authors, among them Say, Smith, Cournay, Turgot, Ricardo, Mill, Bentham, Senior, Franklin, Carey, Custodi, Donato and Scialoja. After learning of Cobden's Anti-Corn Law League he became an ardent free-trader..... 'Bastiat was one of several writers (Quesnay, Smith, Say and Carey were others) who formed the doctrines of Harmonism, or the optimistic idea that class interests naturally and inevitably coincide so as to promote economic development. The major challenge to this view came from Ricardo and Malthus, whose theories cast a sinister shadow over the prospect of economic progress' (New Palgrave, i, pp. 204-205). Bastiat was, as Schumpeter wrote, not a bad theorist, he was no theorist at all. But he was unrivalled at exposing economic fallacies wherever he found them, and he found them everywhere. He was quite simply a genius of wit and satire, frequently described as a combination of Voltaire and Franklin. In the late 20th century his ideas became more popular among libertarian economists dissatisfied with Keynesian orthodoxy and Marxist alternatives.Second work: The famous apology for property. It consists of 4 parts: Du droit de propriété; Du communisme; Du socialisme; De l'impôt, and is expanded with: Discours sur le droit au travail, prononcé par M. Thiers dans la séance de l'Assemblée Nationale du 13 septembre 1848, and with Disours sur le crédit foncier, prononcé par M. Thiers dans la séance de l'Assemblée Nationale du 10 octobre 1848.Interesting debate in which the two postions can be best shown by quoting the authors: ""La Proprieté, c'est le vol" (Proudhon, p. 56) and Thiers (p. 261): "Le Communisme fera une société esclave". EUR 400
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PROUDHON, P.J. De la justice dans la révolution et dans l'église. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Bruxelles, A. Schnée, 1860. 12 parts in 3 volumes. (4), lxxx, (2), 112 pp.; (4), 164 pp.; (4), 184 pp.; (4), 194 pp.; (4), 170 pp.; (4), 172 pp.; (4), 196 pp.; (4), 186 pp.; (4), 198 pp.; (4), 196 pp.; (4), 190 pp.; (4), 188 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spines richly gilt. Nettlau, p. 19. Second enlarged edition, published in Bruxelles during Proudhon's exil. This edition is quite scarce and much more difficult to find than the first edition of 1858. It was published in 12 parts in the journal 'Les nouvelles de la révolution'. From part 2 onwards the place of publication is listed as 'Bruxelles et Leipzig'. The work was confiscated immediately upon its publication. 'Proudhon's most massive and his greatest book. In it the two most important ideas of his thinking come to an end. He develops to the full his concept of God as the secret enemy of mankind. God is the source of all authority. Secondly, he develops to the full his conception of 'immanent justice'. Proudhon was severely prosecuted for this work which was slaughtered in the press of the time and condemned on moral grounds' (See at length: Hyams, Proudhon, his Revolutionary Life, Mind & Works). - At head of titles: Essais d'une philosophie populaire no 1(-12). EUR 800
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PROUDHON, P.J. Les confessions d'un révolutionnaire pour servir à l'histoire de la révolution de février. Paris, au Bureau du journal 'La voix du Peuple', 1849. (4), 106, (1) pp. 8vo. Half cloth. Nettlau, p. 19; Stammhammer, i, p. 189. First edition. Of great importance for the 1848 revolution. Analyses of the events of 1848 from an anarchist point of view and arrives at the conclusion that the revolutionary tradition will not be fulfilled until the true principle of the revolution is accepted - no more government of men by men, by means of accumulation of capital. It is a most interesting book for its sharp analysis of the various political trends of the time (Woodcock, Anarchism, p. 122). EUR 500
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PROUDHON, P.J. De la justice dans la révolution et dans l'église. Nouveaux principes de philosophie pratique, adressés à Son Éminence Monseigneur Mathieu, cardinal-archevêque de Besançon. Paris, Garnier frères, 1858. 3 volumes. (4), 520 pp.; (4), 544 pp.; (4), 612 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco. Nettlau, p. 19; Stammhammer, i, p. 190, nr 36; cf.: Einaudi 4554 (edition published in 1860). First edition. Confiscated immediately upon its publication. Proudhon's most massive and his greatest book. In it the two most important ideas of his thinking come to an end. He develops to the full his concept of God as the secret enemy of mankind. God is the source of all authority. Secondly, he develops to the full his conception of 'immanent justice'. Proudhon was severely prosecuted for this work which was slaughtered in the press of the time, and condemned on moral grounds. (See at length: Hyams, Proudhon, his Revolutionary Life, Mind & Works). EUR 450
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PROUDHON, P.J. Les confessions d'un révolutionnaire pour servir à l'histoire de la révolution de février. Paris, Garnier frères, 1850. (4), 325, (1) pp. 12mo. Sewn, original printed covers, bookblock broken, one cord still intact. Nettlau, p. 19; Stammhammer, i, p. 189. Second edition. Of great importance for the 1848 revolution. Analyses of the events of 1848 from an anarchist point of view and arrives at the conclusion that the revolutionary tradition will not be fulfilled until the true principle of the revolution is accepted - no more government of men by men, by means of accumulation of capital. It is a most interesting book for its sharp analysis of the various political trends of the time (Woodcock, Anarchism, p. 122). The first edition appeared in 1849. EUR 150
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PROUDHON, P.J. Système des contradictions économiques, ou philosophie de la misère. Deuxième édition. Paris, Garnier frères, 1850. 2 volumes. (4), 399, (1) pp.; (4), 399, (1) pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, top of spine volume 2 slightly damaged, uncut. Nettlau, p. 18, Kress C.6940; Goldsmiths 34909; not in Einaudi. Second edition. In this work, 'Proudhon is really seeking a kind of equilibrium in which economic contradictions will not be eliminated -for they cannot be- but brought into dynamic equation. This dynamic equation he finds in multualism ..... Marx chose this occasion for a complete reversal of his past attitude to Proudhon by publishing The Poverty of Philosophy; this was a pretended critique of Proudhon's book which degenerated into a tissue of abusive misrepresentations showing a complete failure to understand the originality and plasticity of thought underlying the apparent disorder of Proudhon's arguments. The dialogue between the two authors showed not merely a complete divergence of theoretical outlook, but also -and perhaps this was more important- an irreconcilable opposition of personalities' (Woodcock, Anarchism). EUR 450
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PROUDHON, P.J. La révolution sociale démontrée par le coup d'état du 2 décembre. Paris, Garnier frères, 1852. (4), 281, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards, a bit rubbed. Nettlau, p. 19; Hoffman, p. 367. First edition. The book states that the government of Louis Napoléon is condemned to do great things by the 7,5 million votes that absolved it, and to introduce all the reforms demanded by socialism. It attacks the influences of the Jesuits on the Prince-President. What Proudhon wanted to show, was that revolutionaries and socialists must welcome de coup d'état because it could not fail to advance their cause. He needed permission to publish the book and therefore approached the minister of the interior, M. Morny (the later Duke) and demanded that Morny would leave him free to attack 'the Jesuits', that is Church influence on the Prince-President. Mornay agreed to licence the work which was hardly surprising: the Prince-President's position was not so strong as it looked and the Bonapartists could not do without some allies (See: Hyams, Proudhon, his Revolutionary Life, Mind & Works, p. 205 ff).- Lightly browned throughout. EUR 450
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PROUDHON, P.J. Idées révolutionnaires. Les Malthusiens. Programme revolutionnaire. La reaction. Question etrangere. La presidence. Argument a la Montagne. Le terme. Toast a la revolution. Avec une préface par Alfred Darimon. Paris, Garnier frères, 1849. (4), xxvii, (1), 268 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed wrappers, mountedon yellow paper. Hoffman, p. 365; Nettlau, p. 19; Goldsmiths 36696; Einaudi 4563; not in Mattioli First collective edition of outstanding articles by Proudhon from Le Peuple. - Somewhat browned throughout. The editor was a political economist and became the interpreter of Proudhon and his secretary.A series of articles initiated by the revolutionary developments in France from April to December 1848. The articles relating to Proudhon's favourite project for a 'Banque du Peuple' were published in another volume entitled 'Resume de la question sociale. Banque d'echange'. In the present volume Proudhon deals with a wide range of other subjects and argues incesssantly for his principles of free association and reciprocity, in opposition to both the 'Malthusians' and laissez-faire liberals like Adolphe Thiers and the state-socialists like Louis Blanc. EUR 250
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PROUDHON, P.J. Avertissement aux propriétaires, ou Lettre à M. Considérant, rédacteur de la Phalange, sur une défense de la propriété. Deuxième édition. Paris, Garnier frères, 1848. 100 pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed covers, uncut. Kress C.7543; Goldsmiths 36107; Einaudi 4548; Nettlau, p. 17. Second edition. Written in response to Victor Considérant's Défense du fourierisme, Proudhon's Lettre 'called on the proletariat to recognize that the workers and only the workers could reform society, and warned the proprietors and their servants the magistrates not to drive the workers to despair, for no police and no soldiers would be able to save them should the people be driven to their last recourse- "neither assassination, nor pillage, nor insurrection, nor general strike, nor arson, nor regicide, but something more terrible and efficacious than all these"' (Hyams, p. 52). Such words resulted in the police raiding his room, interrogating a number of his friends, and seizing copies of the work, all on the orders of the Besançon public prosecutor. EUR 250
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PROUDHON, P.J. De la justice dans la révolution et dans l'église. Nouveaux principes de philosophie pratique, adressés à Son Éminence Monseigneur Mathieu, cardinal-archevêque de Besançon. Paris, Garnier frères, 1858. 3 volumes. (4), 520 pp.; (4), 544 pp.; (4), 612 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Nettlau, p. 19; Stammhammer, i, p. 190, nr 36; cf.: Einaudi 4554 (edition published in 1860). First edition. Confiscated immediately upon its publication. Proudhon's most massive and his greatest book. In it the two most important ideas of his thinking come to an end. He develops to the full his concept of God as the secret enemy of mankind. God is the source of all authority. Secondly, he develops to the full his conception of 'immanent justice'. Proudhon was severely prosecuted for this work which was slaughtered in the press of the time, and condemned on moral grounds (See at length: Hyams, Proudhon, his Revolutionary Life, Mind & Works). EUR 400
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PROUDHON, P.J. De la justice dans la révolution et dans l'église. Nouveaux principes de philosophie pratique, addressés à Son Eminence Monseigneur Mathieu, cardinal-archevêque de Besançon. Paris, Garnier frères, 1858. 3 volumes. (4), 520 pp.; (4), 544 pp.; (4), 612 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, marbled boards. Nettlau, p. 19; Stammhammer, i, p. 190, nr 36; cf.: Einaudi 4554 (edition published in 1860). First edition. Confiscated immediately after its publication. It is Proudhon's most massive and his greatest book. In it the two most important ideas of his thinking come to an end. He develops to the full his concept of God as the secret enemy of mankind. God is the source of all authority. Secondly, he develops to the full his conception of 'immanent justice'. Proudhon was severely prosecuted for this work which was slaughtered in the press of the time and condemned on moral grounds. (See at length: Hyams, Proudhon, his Revolutionary Life, Mind and Works). EUR 1400
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PROUDHON, P.J. De la création de l'ordre dans l'humanité ou Principes d'organisation politique. Paris, Librairie de Prévot, Besançon, Bintot, successeur de Proudhon, 1843. (4), 582 pp. Small 8vo.Contemporary half hard-grained morocco, spine gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering. Hoffman, p. 363; Nettlau, p. 17; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Einaudi 4553. First edition. In this work, Proudhon sets forth that the discovery of the scientific laws of jurisprudence and politics which, by making the self-management of society's business a routine application of known rules, would be immutable because natural, and render the formal state redundant. Proudhon was so convinced that he was on the right lines leading to discovery that he could scarcely believe that responsible men would fail to recognize it (Hyams, Proudhon, his Revolutionary Life, Mind & Works). EUR 500
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RALEA, M. L'idée de révolution dans les doctrines socialistes. Étude sur l'évolution de la tactique révolutionnaire. Paris, Rivière, 1923. - (Followed by:) RALEA, M. Révolution et socialisme. Essai de bibliographie. Paris, P.U.F., 1923. 2 volumes in 1. (4), vi, (2) 402 pp.; (80, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern cloth, black leather label, gilt lettering (original covers preserved.) Deals with Saint-Simon and Saint-Simonism, Proudhon, Marx, Babeuf and Babouvism, the revolution of 1848, Blanqui, Chartism, and revolutionary syndicalism. The bibliography contains 527 entries. EUR 225
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RAPPOPORT, CH. Déclarations de Charles Rappoport devant le Conseil de Guerre de Paris (le 3 juin 1918). (Sténographie). No place, (about 1919). 23, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. In this pamphlet Rappoport explained his views on the war. Accused of 'defaitism' Rappoport was condemned to prison and this pamphlet was confiscated and seized by the police. It had therefore to be published clandestinely.Exceptional copy with a very significant autograph dedication by the author to M. Rolland, dated 10 november 1918, reading: 'fin des crimes capitaliste et nationaliste'. EUR 175
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RECLUS - NETTLAU, M. Elisée Reclus. Anarchist und Gelehrter (1830-1905). Berlin, Verlag Der Syndicalist, 1928. With portrait. 348 pp. 8vo. Original cloth, gilt lettering, foot of spine slightly discoloured. (Beiträge zur Geschichte des Sozialismus, Syndicalismus, Anarchismus, Band IV). First edition. Jacques Elisée Reclus, French geographer and anarchist. Originally trained for the Protestant ministry, Reclus soon turned to the study of geography and affiliated himself with the revolutionary movement. He was exiled after the coup d'état of 1851 but in 1857 returned to France, where he remained until he was again banished after the fall of the Paris Commune in 1871. He lived for many years in Switzerland, later in close association with Kropotkin.As early as 1851 Reclus concluded that anarchy, or the absence of government, was la plus haute expression de l'ordre. He was a militant member of Bakunin's secret international brotherhood and of other anarchist and republican groups, but never was a party man or a fanatic. A person of engaging charm and one who always preserved his own independence in the controversies of the diverse anarchist schools, Reclus exercised wide influence in anarchist circles throughout the world (Max Nettlau in ESS, vol. xiii, p. 164). EUR 200
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RENOUVIER, C. Manuel républicain de l'homme et du citoyen, publié sous les auspices du ministre provisoire de l'instruction publique. Paris, Pagnerre, 1848. 36 pp. 16mo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. DBMOF, iii, pp. 297-298. Very scarce first edition. 'Charles Renouvier, philosophe, né à Montpellier en 1815, mort en 1903. Il s'intéressa de près au développement du saint-simonisme, et le librairie d'ancien, Michel Bernstein, nous a communiqué les volumes de sa collection du Globe, où se lisaient quelques annotations de sa main' (Maitron). Gaston Richard, in his study La Question sociale et le Mouvement Philosophique au XIXe siècle states however: 'Renouvier avait adhéré dans sa jeunesse à l'école sociétaire de Charles Fourier. Il ne rompit jamais avec elle et tint toujours compte de ses jugements. La Critique philosophique qu'il fonda après 1870 admit des fouriéristes parmi ses collaborateurs, notamment Charles Pellarin'. The text scandalized people and provoked the resignation of Carnot as minister. Renouvier recommended the abolition of interest on capital by means of credit institutions; to bring commerce and trade under the exclusive control of the government; and pleading for progressive taxation aiming at complete equality.- Stamp on title. EUR 400
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RENOUVIER, C. Manuel républicain de l'homme et du citoyen, précédé d'une préface en réponse aux critiques, et suivi d'une nouvelle déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen. Deuxièmeédition, revue et considérablement augmentée. Paris, au Comptoir des imprimeurs-unis, 1848. (4), 188 pp. 16mo. Modern half morocco. DBMOF, iii, pp. 297-298. Second edition, published in the same year as the first edition. - Very rare. 'Charles Renouvier, Philosophe, né à Montpellier en 1815, mort en 1903. Il s'intéressa de près au développement du saint-simonisme, et le libriarie d'ancien, Michel Bernstein, nous a communiqué les volumes de sa collection du Globe, où se lisaient quelques annotations de sa main' (Maitron). Gaston Richard, in his study La Question sociale et le Mouvement Philosophique au XIXe siècle states however: 'Renouvier avait adhéré dans sa jeunesse à l'école sociétaire de Charles Fourier. Il ne rompit jamais avec elle et tint toujours compte de ses jugements. La Critique philosophique qu'il fonda après 1870 admit des fouriéristes parmi ses collaborateurs, notamment Charles Pellarin'. The first edition of this text, also published in 1848, scandalized people and provoked the resignation of Carnot as minister. Renouvier recommended the abolition of interest on capital by means of credit institutions; to bring commerce and trade under the exclusive control of the government; pleading for progressive taxation aiming at complete equality. On the pages 137-141 of this improved edition, Renouvier explains his tax ideas in mathematical formulae. EUR 600
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REYBAUD, (M.R.) Études sur les réformateurs contemporains ou socialistes modernes. Saint-Simon, Charles Fourier, Robert Owen. Paris, Guillaumin, 1840-1843. 2 volumes in 1. xi, (1), (5)-404 (misnumbered 402) pp.; (4), iii, (1), 411 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettered label, marbled boards (rear joint, and top of spine skillfully repaired). Del Bo, Fourier, p. 68 (first volume only); not in Del Bo-Gerits, Supplement, (cf.: 29); not in Walch-Gerits, Supplement (cf.: 38). First edition of both volumes, not listed as such in any of the bibliographies. Since the second volume was published three years after volume 1, one rarely finds the two volumes together in original editions. At the time the second volume was published, the first volume had reached already its fourth edition. The first volume deals with the utopists from Plato's time to modern thinkers such as Saint-Simon, Fourier and Owen. The second volume deals with communists, chartists, utilitarians and humanitarians.Louis Reybaud (1799-1879) became the leading historian of the Socialist school in Paris. His 'Etudes sur les Réformateurs Contemporains' was the first work to bring the word socialism into general use. 'All (his) works show an observant mind and an independent character. They are written with intelligence, spirit, and good sense' (Palgrave, iii, p. 304). EUR 750
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REYBAUD, (M.R.) Études sur les réformateurs contemporains ou socialistes modernes. Saint-Simon, Charles Fourier, Robert Owen. Deuxième édition. Paris, Guillaumin, 1841. xii, 432 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, spine gilt with raised bands.Not in Del Bo, Fourier; not in Del Bo-Gerits, Supplement; not in Walch; not in Walch-Gerits, Supplement. The second edition of the first volume. A second volume was not published until 1844. At the time the second volume was published, the first volume had reached already its fourth edition. This first volume deals with the utopists from Plato's time to modern thinkers such as Saint-Simon, Fourier and Owen. EUR 175
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REYBAUD, (M.R.) Études sur les réformateurs contemporains ou socialistes modernes. Paris, Guillaumin, 1841-1843. 2 volumes. xii, 432 pp.; (4), iii, (1), 411, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt with gilt lettering, green corners. Del Bo, Fourier, p. 68 (first volume only); not in Del Bo-Gerits, Supplement, (cf.: 29); not in Walch-Gerits, Supplement (cf.: 38). Second edition of volume 1, first edition of volume 2. By the time the second volume was published, the first volume had reached its fourth edition. The first volume deals with the utopists from Plato's time to modern thinkers such as Saint-Simon, Fourier and Owen. The second volume deals with communists, chartists, utilitarians and humanitarians, among others Owen, Hunt, Jean Bodin, Harrington, Cabet, Jeremy Bentham. There is furthermore an appendix entitled "Hobbes et Harrington." EUR 250
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ROGEARD, (L.) A. Les propos de Labienus. (Vingt-deuxième édition). Précédé de l'Histoire d'une brochure. Paris et Bruxelles, Chez tous les libraires, 1870. 52 pp. 12mo. Modern boards. DBMOF, ix, pp. 20-21; not in Stammhammer. Published originally in the Rive Gauche, founded by Rogeard and Longuet in 1864, and at the same time issued as a separate pamphlet. The Rive Gauche was founded by the author in collaboration with the son-in-law of Karl Marx, Charles Longuet. After they had published this text in their columns, the journal was suppressed. It is a very violent attack on Napoléon III and the 'Second Empire'. The suppression did not help since the text was published separately, and went through various editions. The author was forced to seek refuge in Belgium.Name and date of half-title (24 9bre 1873) and stamped name of Rogeard on verso half-title as required (against counterfeiting). EUR 175
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ROSMER, A. Le mouvement ouvrier pendant la guerre (vol. 2: pendant la première guerre mondiale). Paris, Librairie du Travail (vol. 2: Paris, La Haye, Mouton & Co.), 1936-1959. With portrait-frontispiece, facsimiles and illustrations. 2 volumes. 588, (2) pp.; 252 pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed covers. Maitron 40, pp. 313-322. First edition. Born in 1877 in Patterson (USA) as André Griot, editor of la Vie ouvrière, representative in Moscow for the 'Comité d'adhesion à la IIIe Internationale' and member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party (1923-1924). A work that still stands as a monument and deals with a period in which Rosmer himself was very active although he has minimized his part in the history he described. A third volume was planned but Rosmer was unable to finish it properly. Volume 1: De l'Union sacrée à Zimmerwald, volume 2: De Zimmerwald à la Révolution Russe. Volume 2 was published in the series Société et Idéologies, Deuxième Série, Documents et Témoignages and was printed in an edition of 1000 copies of which this is nr 217. - Cover of volume 1 very lightly worn, with a handwritten and signed dedication by Rosmer to Robert Brécy. EUR 175
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ROSMER, A. Le mouvement ouvrier pendant la guerre (vol. 2: pendant la première guerre mondiale). Paris, Librairie du Travail (vol. 2: Paris, La Haye, Mouton & Co.), 1936-1959. With portrait-frontispiece, facsimiles and illustrations. 2 volumes. 588, (2) pp.; 252 pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed covers. Maitron 40, pp. 313-322. First edition. Born in 1877 in Patterson (USA) as André Griot, editor of la Vie ouvrière, representative in Moscow for the 'Comité d'adhesion à la IIIe Internationale' and member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party (1923-1924). A work that still stands as a monument and deals with a period in which Rosmer himself was very active although he has minimized his part in the history he described. A third volume was planned but Rosmer was unable to finish it properly. Volume 1: De l'Union sacrée à Zimmerwald, volume 2: De Zimmerwald à la Révolution Russe. Volume 2 was published in the series Société et Idéologies, Deuxième Série, Documents et Témoignages and was printed in an edition of 1000 copies of which this is nr 217. EUR 175
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SAINT-SIMON - FOURNEL, H. Bibliographie Saint-Simonienne, de 1802 au 31 Décembre 1832. New York, Burt Franklin, 1973. 130 pp. 8vo. Original publishers cloth. Besterman 3673; Walch, 1. Photomechanic reprint of the 1833 edition. EUR 75
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SAINT-SIMON - GERITS, A. Additions and corrections to J. Walch's 'Bibliographie du Saint-Simonisme'. Amsterdam, 1986. 64 pp. 8vo. Sewn. (Supplements to existing handbooks, 2). Commented bibliography, listing over 400 corrections and additions. Introduction in French and English. Bibliographical details and notes in English. EUR 75
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SAINT-SIMON, C.H. Oeuvres de Saint-Simon contenant: 1. Catéchisme politique des Industriels. 2. Vues sur la propriété et la législation. 3. Lettres d'un Habitant de Genève à ses contemporains.4. Parabole politique. 5. Nouveau Christianisme. Précédé de l'histoire de sa vie écrite par lui- même, publiés en 1832, par Olinde Rodrigues. Paris, Capelle, 1841. (4), xxxviii, (2, blank), 364, 201, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands, somewhat rubbed and worn. Walch 102; Kress C.5642; Goldsmiths 32497; Einaudi 4359. First edition. - Somewhat browned and paperspotted. Edited by Olinde Rodrigues, who planned to publish the 'oeuvres completes' in a series of some 12 volumes. However, no more than two volumes were eventually published (Fournel pp. 99-100). The second volume was published a year later. EUR 450
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SCHAEFFLE, A. Kwintessencyja socyjalizmu. Tlomaczenie z niemieckiego z uwagami P. Lawrowna. Genewa, Drukarnia Polska, 1881. 144 pp. Small 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, loose, edeges frayed, old publisher's label pasted on front cover. Cf.: Zaleski 537. First Polish edition, printed in Geneva. Albert Eberhard Friedrich Schäffle was a German sociologist and economist. The most important characteristics in his scientific work are his anti-individualistic approach (he proceeds consistently from the whole to the parts, from the community to the individual), and his belief in progress, more concretely his optimistic faith in the eventual socialistic transformation of capitalism. His program of social action, Die Quintessenz der Socialismus (of which this is the Polish translation), was immediately suppressed by the Prussian government and gave him the reputation of a vigorous ally of the socialists. EUR 225
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SCHAEFFLE, A.E. La quintessence du socialisme. Traduction française par B. Malon. Paris, Librairie du Progrès, 1880. 114 pp. Small 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, front cover loose. At head of title: Bibliothèque Socialiste. First French edition. Albert Eberhard Friedrich Schäffle was a German sociologist and economist. The most important characteristics in his scientific work are his anti-individualistic approach (he proceeds consistently from the whole to the parts, from the community to the individual), and his belief in progress, more concretely his optimistic faith in the eventual socialistic transformation of capitalism. His program of social action, Die Quintessenz der Socialismus, was immediately suppressed by the Prussian government and gave him the reputation of a vigorous ally of the socialists. EUR 175
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SCHMID, A. Autograph Letter Signed, dated 21 june 1871, to Courant, juge d'instruction. Paris, 1871. 1 page. Small 4to. Disbound. DBMOF, ix, p. 105. Antoine Achille Schmid, dit Bénédict was condemned to 2 years of imprisonment on 19 August 1871. In this letter he declares that he had been forced to work for the Commune. In April 1872 his wife also declared that he had been forced to serve in the 'bataillons de l'odieuse Commune' against his will.At the top of the letter a remark: 'Ci inclus - 2 Lettres annexées' which are not present. He refers to Tourrel, president of the Cour d'Aix for references concerning his family.'Il fut employé du chemin de fer à la gare de Lyon. Pendant la Commune, il exerça les fonctions de 'commissaire de police spécial du chemin de fer de Lyon.' Il devait, dit-on, cette nomination à Raoul Rigault et 'il s'est servi de son emploi pour porter de graves atteintes à la liberté individuelle', selon l'accusation' (DBMOF). EUR 100
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SCHOELCHER, V. Histoire des crimes du 2 décembre. Edition considérablement augmentée. Bruxelles, Chez tous les Libraires, (Imprimerie de A. Labroue et Cie.), 1852. 2 volumes in one. 501, (1) pp.; 480 pp. Small 12mo. Contemporary half hard-grained morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering. DBMOF, iii, p. 393; not in Stammhammer. Victor Schoelcher (1804-1893), republican and author of the degree abolishing slavery in 1848. He visited the USA in 1829 and it was during his trip there that he became convinced that it was necessary to abolish slavery. During the first ten years of July monarchy he worked for several journals such as the Revue Républicaine, the Revue indépendante, La Réforme, and others. He went again on a long voyage and upon his return prepared the degree abolishing slavery in the French colonies. He served in the garde nationale during the siege of Paris in 1870-1871 and sided with the democrates and socialists. The present work deals with the 'coup d'état' of 1851, and Schoelcher, together with Victor Hugo, Baudin and others attempted to rouse the old revolutionary district of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine against Louis Napoleon after the 'coup d'état'. The work was written during Schoelcher's exile in London. - Annotations on the front blank leaves and an ownership's entry reading 'Lucien Rodanet, 1877', the letters L.R. stamped in gilt at the foot of the spine. EUR 450
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SCHULZE-DELITZSCH, (H.) Kapitel zu einem deutschen Arbeiterkatechismus. Sechs Vorträge vor dem Berliner Arbeiterverein. Leipzig, 1863. vi, 170 pp. Small 8vo. Half cloth, paper covered boards. Quack, v, p. 267; Stammhammer, i, p. 231; Einaudi 5173. First edition. Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch (1808-1883), German cooperative leader. He represented his city (Delitzsch) in 1848 in the Prussian National Assembly and as one of the leading liberals was repeatedly disciplined by the Prussian government, which dissolved the Assembly by force in 1849. In 1850 he founded the first loan bank and thereafter devoted himself wholly to the founding of the cooperative credit societies, which multiplied rapidly. Schulze-Delitzsch was sharply attacked by Lassalle, who as a disciple of Louis Blanc advocated state aided producers' cooperatives while Schulze-Delitzsch rejected the better known schemes for producers' cooperatives of the early French socialists because of their dependence on state aid or direction. Thus the socialists among the working class held aloof from his societies while the rural classes were drawn to the Raffeisen societies, which, although they owed much to the program of Schulze-Delitzsch, introduced innovations to meet the particular needs of the small peasantry. Nevertheless, Schulze-Delitzsch not only furnished the initial impetus and the commercial foundation for the German cooperative movement as a whole but also secured the legislation that gave it legal status.This work contains six lectures held before the Berlin labourers about the relation between capital and labour but are in fact an attack on the ideas of Ferdinand Lassalle. - Two stamps on title, first few pages browned, bookplate removed from font-pastedown. EUR 250
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SEINE - BACHELU (GENERAL.) Aux électeurs du département de la Seine. (Paris), Typogr. Bernard & Cie., (1848). Large folio poster on pink paper. Not in Les Murailles Révolutionnaires. Dated May 31, 1848. Text divided in two parts: Mes Convictions and Mes Actes. General Bachelu wishes to be elected as representative and appeals to the electorate of the Departement de la Seine. EUR 75
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SIMON, JULES-FRANCOIS SUISSE, DIT JULES. COLLECTION of Autograph Letters Signed by Jules Simon, philosopher, deputy of Paris, one of the five members of the government of National Defense of 1870, Minister of Education, Prime Minister in 1876. All letters are in his hand and are signed by him. Contains:1. Two letters, undated, (one mentioning only '17 April' c. 1848?), dealing with the 'Crédit au Travail', founded by J.-P. Beluze, icarian communist. 1, (3 blank) pp. and 2 (2 blank) pp. 8vo.The first letter contains an apology for not being able to be present at a meeting at the 'Crédit au Travail; the second, addressed to a certain Cohadon, in which Simon informs him that he is willing to give a lecture with the goal of 'remettre le Crédit au Travail sur ses pieds'.2. Letter, undated, to the administrator of the 'Crédit au Travail' with his subscription form of 100 francs, dated 31 December 1864. 1, (3 blank) pp. for the letter, 12mo; and 1 page oblong 8vo for the subscription form.3. Letter addressed to (J.-P.) Beluze, dated 1867, asking Beluze to excuse him for not being able to attend a meeting and asking him to excuse him at the meeting. 1, (1 blank) pp. 8vo. 4. Letter, undated, concerning the right of lowering 'le capital Social' by simple announcement (very likely also concerning the 'Crédit au Travail'). 1 (3 blank) pp. 8vo.5. Three letters, dated 22 February 1867, 7 March (1867) and one undated (1867), inviting the recepient for lunch and other meetings. 2, (2 blank) pp.; 1, (3 blank) pp.; 1, (3 blank) pp. 12mo.6. Letter to (J.-P. Beluze) undated, concerning the idea of forming a group for raising money to support the 'Crédit au Travail'. 2, (2 blank) pp. 8vo.7. Letter on stationary of the Senate, dated 2 January 1888. Pessimistic letter by Simon to an unknown receipient. '.... et n'avoir pas, comme moi, 73 ans, pour résister à tout cela.' 1, (3 blank) pp. 12mo.8. Letter, undated, inviting the recepient for lunch. 1, (3 blank) pp. 8vo.Added: nr 150 of 'Le Courrier Français. Journal politique quotitien', dated 14 November 1867. Folio. 4 pp. Folded.And added: Subscription form by which Simon pays 100 francs to become 'Associé commanditaire' of the journal 'La Coopération', dated Paris, 8 May 1867 and signed by Jules Simon. 1 page, oblong 8vo.Jules François Simon-Suisse (1814-1896), moral philosopher, republican politician and theorist of radicalism, a founder of the Third Republic. Dedicated to the principles of liberal republicanism, he was a consistent champion of liberty, whether in the political field, where he identified with parliamentarism; in the religious field, where it implied for him toleration of all cults; or in the economic and social field, where it was synonymous with free trade. He was an opponent of socialism, attacking all state intervention except in the interests of women and children or of free, compulsory, education. EUR 600
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SOREL, G. Matériaux d'une théorie du prolétariat. Paris, 1919. (6), 413, (2) pp. 8vo. Cloth (Études sur le devenir social, XV). Brécy, Le Mouvement Syndical en France, p. 171. First edition. This work includes also the author's L'avenir socialiste des syndicats, first published in 1898, in which he tries to give a theoretical basis to his experiences with the labour mouvement which developed itself independently from, and sometimes against, the socialist parties. In the Matériaux he argues that the proletarian masses must develop a conscience of their own, keeping the political and parliamentary quarrels aside and trying to develop a culture of their own without the intellectuals as that would, in his view, imply a renewal of hierarchy.Georges Sorel (1847-1922), French political and social theorist, was a powerful force in French intellectual life, with influences extending abroad, especially into Italy, between about 1895 and 1914. He is usually considered one of the top political thinkers of the era of the Third Republic-a republic which he heartily despised. He left an ambiguous but potent legacy, influencing Italian Fascism but also left-wing radicalism; his books such as The Illusion of Progress and Reflections on Violence were favorites of the 1960's New Left, offering as they did a radically personalist critique of capitalist society. Sorel is also of much interest as a representative figure of the early modernist period, eclectically uniting many of its leading strains of thought and feeling. EUR 225
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STEHELIN-SCHEURER, E. Two Autograph Letters Signed to the 'Administration du Journal La Coopération', one dated Bitschwiller-Thann (Haute-Rhin), 28 March(?) 1866, the second one dated, from the same address, 22 February 1868, both concerning the renewal of subscription. 2, (2 blank) pp.; 1, (1 blank) pp. 8vo. EUR 75
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TCHERNICHEWSKY, N.G. La possession communale du sol. Traduction et notice biographique de E. Laran-Tamarkine. Paris, M. Rivière, 1911. (4), 26, 265, (3) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, raised bands with gilt lettering, marbled boards, original covers preserved (Études sur le devenir social, IX). Cf.: Zaleski, i, 469; Stammhammer, iii, p. 331. Second French edition. Includes the Lettres sans Adresse.'Herzen created Populism; Chernyshevski was its politician. He provided Populism with its most solid content, and not only gave it ideas but inspired its main course of action. This course was modified during the 'sixties and 'seventies, but it undoubtedly originated in the short but brilliant publicizing activities undertaken by Chernyshevsky between 1853 and 1862' (Franco Venturi, Roots of Revolution, chapter 5).The author was born in 1829 and he was mainly active around the period of the reforms by Alexander II around 1860. He worked for the journal "Sovremenik" (the Contemporary) which was founded in 1847 among others by Nekrassoff. It is in this journal that he introduces the work of John Stuart Mill: in 1869 he published the first part of Mill's work to which he adds notes and comments. He also wrote political reviews and mainly through his inspiration and energy the journal became a voice of the opposition, reason why Tourgeneff had already stopped working for the journal. While his initial inspiration was Hegel, although he became acquinted with his thought through reading Feuerbach, he steadily became more and more inspired by the French anarchist P.-J. Proudhon. Tchernichewsky belonged more to the socialist tradition as was common before 1850; he was no adherent of Marx. During the revolutionary troubles in 1861 in Petersburg, Tchernichewsky was arrested and placed in the Peter-Pauls prison where he stayed for two years and where he wrote his famous book What's to be done. He was exiled to Siberia in 1864 where he stayed to 1884. Shortly after his release he died, in 1889, at the age of 60, of which he had spent 23 years in prison and exile.The present work is a reply to the liberal economists who claimed that with the abolition of servitude the communal ownership of the soil would dissappear. Tchernichewsky, who stood sympathetic to the institution of communal ownership, opposes this thesis. The basis of the reforms of 1861 was to maintain this ancient institution of communal ownership. EUR 350
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THIERS, A. De la propriété. Paris, Paulin, Lheureux et Cie., 1848. (4), 439, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, marbled sides. Goldsmiths 36120; Einaudi 5585; Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 734; not in Kress; Mattioli 3602. First edition. In August 1848, Thiers ardently defended the idea of private property against proposal made by the anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. To strengthen his position, he also published De la Propriété, a book written in the remarkably short span of three months. The book is in four parts: Du droit de propriété; Du communisme; Du socialisme; de l'impôt. Especially the part entitled De l'influence de l'hérédité sur le travail has been described as a little masterpiece. EUR 300
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THONISSEN, J.J. Le socialisme et ses promesses. Bruxelles, A. Jamar, (1849-1850). With portraits. 2 volumes. - (Bound with:) THONISSEN, J.J. Le socialisme dans le passé. Bruxelles, A. Jamar, (1851). With 3 portraits. Two works in 3 parts in 1 volume. 122 pp.; 99, (1) pp.; 292 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half cloth, spine with gilt lettering and gilt floral ornament, a bit faded. Stammhammer, i, p. 247. First editions. Jean Joseph Thonissen (1816-1891), Belgian jurist and statesman. Thonissen became one of the most authoritative representatives in Belgium of the classical school of penal law, upholding the traditional conception of crime and punishment. From 1863 he was a member of the Chamber of Representatives and was affiliated with the conservative Catholic party. He was also interested in political and economic theory. The present works, later published again as Le Socialisme depuis l'antiquité, jusqu'à la constitution française du 14 janvier 1852, was inspired by the events of 1848, and revealed his antipathy to the theories of the socialists. It purported to be a history of socialistic ideas and movements, pointing out fallacies in doctrine and concluding that attempts to realize a communistic system brought devastation and anarchy. To offset socialist influence Thonissen demanded a program of social amelioration to be realized by the promotion of thrift, cooperation and professional training (Fernand Collin in ESS, 14, p. 621). EUR 250
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THONISSEN, J.J. Le socialisme dans le passé. Bruxelles, A. Jamar, (1851). With 3 portraits. (4), 292 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, raised bands,top edge gilt, uncut, corners, original covers preserved. Stammhammer, i, p. 247. First edition. Jean Joseph Thonissen (1816-1891), Belgian jurist and statesman. Thonissen became one of the most authoritative representatives in Belgium of the classical school of penal law, upholding the traditional conception of crime and punishment. From 1863 he was a member of the Chamber of Representatives and was affiliated with the conservative Catholic party. He was also interested in political and economic theory. The present works, later published again as Le Socialisme depuis l'antiquité, jusqu'à la constitution française du 14 janvier 1852, was inspired by the events of 1848, and revealed his antipathy to the theories of the socialists. It purported to be a history of socialistic ideas and movements, pointing out fallacies in doctrine and concluding that attempts to realize a communistic system brought devastation and anarchy. To offset socialist influence Thonissen demanded a program of social amelioration to be realized by the promotion of thrift, cooperation and professional training. (Fernand Collin in ESS, 14, p. 621).Published by the 'Société pour l'émancipation intellectuelle'. EUR 150
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TRIDON, G. Les Hébertistes. Plainte contre une calomnie de l'histoire. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1864. 48 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, original covers preserved. Stammhammer, ii, p. 326; DBMOF, ix, pp. 234-235. First edition. The first rehabilitation of the 'Hebertists', in which the author ranks Hébert, Cloots and Chaumette among the martyrs of thought, together with Giordano Bruno, Vanini and Servet. The work was seized immediately upon its publication and the author condemned to four months of imprisonment. The preface of the book, not signed, was done by Blanqui.Gustave Tridon, raised in a bourgeis family, moved to Paris and became adherant of Proudhon. He was condamned to prison for an article he wrote in Le Travail ('outrage à la morale publique et religieuse') and in prison he met Blanqui and became Blanquiste. - A bit paperspotted, stamp "Timbre Imperial" on title-page. EUR 175
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TRIDON, G. Les Hébertistes. Plainte contre une calomnie de l'histoire. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1864. 48 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, the original printed front cover preserved. Stammhammer, ii, 326; DBMOF, vol. ix, pp. 234-235. First edition. The first rehabilitation of the 'Hebertists', in which the author ranks Hébert, Cloots and Chaumette among the martyrs of thought, together with Giordano Bruno, Vanini and Servet. The work was seized immediately upon its publication and the author condemned to four months of imprisonment. The preface of the book, not signed, was done by Blanqui.Gustave Tridon, raised in a bourgeis family, moved to Paris and became adherant of Proudhon. He was condamned to prison for an article he wrote in Le Travail ('outrage à la morale publique et religieuse') and in prison he met Blanqui and became Blanquiste. - Somewhat spotted, stamp "Timbre Imperial" on title EUR 125
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TRIDON, G. Les Hébertistes. Plainte contre une calomnie de l'histoire. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1864. 48 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, original front cover preserved. Stammhammer,ii, p. 328; DBMOF, vol. ix, pp. 234-235. First edition. The first rehabilitation of the 'Hebertists', in which the author ranks Hébert, Cloots and Chaumette among the martyrs of thought, together with Giordano Bruno, Vanini and Servet. The work was seized immediately upon its publication and the author condemned to four months of imprisonment. The preface of the book, not signed, was done by Blanqui.Gustave Tridon, raised in a bourgeis family, moved to Paris and became adherant of Proudhon. He was condamned to prison for an article he wrote in Le Travail ('outrage à la morale publique et religieuse') and in prison he met Blanqui and became Blanquiste. On the blank page preceding the title a newspaper clipping has been pasted "Déclaration des Accusés de Lyon Janvier 1883": it contains a declaration of "faith" of the anarchists. Among the names we find Kropotkin, Gautier, Courtois, Crestin, Desgranges, Berlioz, Artaud, etc. - Stamp on title. EUR 125
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TRIDON, G. Les Hébertistes. Plainte contre une calomnie de l'histoire. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1864. 48 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, original covers preserved. Stammhammer, ii, p. 326; Maitron, DBMOF. vol. 9, pp. 234-235; Le Quillec 2487. First edition. The first rehabilitation of the 'Hebertists', in which the author ranks Hébert, Cloots and Chaumette among the martyrs of thought, together with Giordano Bruno, Vanini and Servet. The work was seized immediately upon its publication and the author condemned to four months of imprisonment. Nevertheless, the work was very influential and widely read. According to Maitron, the unsigned preface has been written by Blanqui.Tridon came from a wealthy family and used his resources among others to allow Blanqui to publish his La Patrie en Danger. - Stamp "Timbre Imperial" on title-page. EUR 175
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TRIDON, G. Les Hébertistes. Plainte contre une calomnie de l'histoire. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1864. 48 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Stammhammer, ii, 326; DBMOF, vol ix, pp. 234-235. First edition. - Extremely rare. The first rehabilitation of the 'Hebertists', in which the author ranks Hébert, Cloots and Chaumette among the martyrs of thought, together with Giordano Bruno, Vanini and Servet. The work was seized immediately upon its publication and the author condemned to four months of imprisonment. The preface of the book, not signed, was done by Blanqui.Gustave Tridon, raised in a bourgeis family, moved to Paris and became adherant of Proudhon. He was condamned to prison for an article he wrote in Le Travail ('outrage à la morale publique et religieuse') and in prison he met Blanqui and became Blanquiste. EUR 140
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TRISTAN, F. Union ouvrière. Troisième édition, contenant un chant: La marseillaise de l'atelier, mise en musique par A. Thys. Paris et Lyon, chez tous les libraires, 1844 (Paris, EDHIS, 1967). With texts of songs and musical notations. xliii, (1), 136 pp. Small 8vo. Printed covers. Maitron, 3, 471v. Reprint in a limited (500) and numbered editon of this rare and important work. - Small tear in upper cover, small tear in page v-vi, some paper faults and browning. Rare third edition of Flora Tristan's major work which pleads that all workers of the world should unite to gain social justice. To make an organisation out of this, Flora Tristan undertook her 'Tour de France' to actually unite workers all over the country. The book aroused great curiosity, and the list of subscribers contains names like Georges Sand, Adolphe Blanqui, Victor Considerant and Victor Schoelcher. The subscriberlist to the second edition is also contained here and mentions people like Eugène Sue, La princesse Belgiojoso, amie de Musset, C. Pecqueur a.o. The preface to the second edition is dated 20 janvier 1844, the appeal to the workers by Tristan in the third edition: 7 juin 1844 and there is again a short list of subscribers (now in groups, not individually). Two more works by Tristan are announced verso of titlepage, but she deceased on November 14, 1844. So this must be considered her last publication. Cf. J. L. Puech, La vie et l'oeuvre de Flora Tristan, p. 490 who did not locate a copy of the present work and edition at the Bibliothèque nationale, a gap filled in the meantime (Z 61756.) EUR 125
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VERMOREL, A. Les hommes de 1848. Troisième édition. Paris, Décembre-Alonnier, 1869. (4), 427, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, extremeties slightly worn. Stammhammer II, p. 337. Vermorel wrote this book dealing with Odilon Barrot, Lamartine, Louis Blanc, Ledru-Rollin, Garnier-Pagès, Carnot, Marrast, etc., while he was in prison for having written an article La grève des peuples contre la guerre. He was elected in the Commune on March 26, where he was a liberal member. He was mortally wounded at the barricades of Chateau-d'Eau. EUR 125
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VERMOREL, A. Les hommes de 1848. Paris, Décembre-Alonnier, 1869. (4), 427 pp. 8vo. Contemporary cloth, spine with gilt decorated compartments and gilt lettering. Stammhammer, ii, p. 337. First edition. Vermorel wrote this book dealing with Odilon Barrot, Lamartine, Louis Blanc, Ledru-Rollin, Garnier-Pagès, Carnot, Marrast, etc., while he was in prison for having written an article La grève des peuples contre la guerre. He was elected in the Commune on March 26, where he was a liberal member. He was mortally wounded at the barricades of Chateau-d'Eau. EUR 175
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VILLEGARDELLE, F. Histoire des idées sociales avant la révolution française, ou les socialistes modernes, devancés et dépassés par les anciens penseurs et philosophes, avec textes à l'appui. Paris, Guerin, 1846. - (Followed by:) VILLEGARDELLE, F. Accord des intérêts dans l'association et besoins des communes. Deuxième édition, améliorée et augmentée. Paris, Capelle, 1848. - (Followed by:) GRATY, A. Demandes et réponses sur les devoirs sociaux. Paris, Gaume, 1848. 3 works bound in 1 volume. (4), 219, (1) pp.; 128, (2) pp.; (12), 110 pp. 12mo.Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards First work: Del Bo-Gerits, Supplement, p. 35; Goldsmiths 34913. First edition. The Histoire des idées sociales of this fourierist author was the first history of social ideas to appear in France. Second work: Del Bo, Fourier, p. 45; Goldsmiths 36126.The Notice sur la vie de Charles Fourier covers the pages 103-120. Third work: Goldsmiths 35860.This book provoked the answer by Blanqui La sociale mixture du R.P. Graty. EUR 400
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VILLETARD, E. Histoire de l'Internationale. Paris, Garnier frères, 1872. (4), 392 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine with raised bands and contrasting labels with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Del Bo, Comune di Parigi, p. 108; Le Quillec 2573; not in Schulkind Commune Collection. First edition. The 'pièces justificatives' cover the pages 285-end. Among these are to be found: Statuts de l'A.T.T. - Les Statuts de la fédération des sections parisienne.The present work contains L'adresse du Conseil générale de l'A.T.T. sur la guerre civile en France, which text was drawn up by Karl Marx and which represents the first complete translation in French. The original French text was published in L'Internationale, organe des Sections belges de l'A.T.T., Bruxelles, 16 juillet au 3 septembre 1871. EUR 200
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WALCH, J. Michel Chevalier. Economiste Saint-Simonien 1806-1879. Lille, Université de Lille III, 1974. (2), 527 pp. 4to. Modern red cloth, label with gilt lettering(These. Université de Paris IV). Original edition printed in a limited number of copies. Essentially a contribution to the history of ideas in the nineteenth century. The first part of the book is an elaborate account of Chevalier's ideas about America, his analysis of population, transportation and communication, industrial activities, the American economy, politics, civil rights and civil liberty, etc. Furthermore the work deals with his ideas on political economy, money, industrial politics, free trade, and Chevalier's social ideas. EUR 150
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