1871 Paris Under the Commune: or, the Seventy-three Days of the Second Siege

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First Edition, Folding Maps, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

In the publisher's original cloth binding. A scarce copy. First edition. Illustrated with numerous plates and engravings, with 21 plate on tinted paper including the fold-out frontispiece, with two fold-out plates and a fold-out colour map to the rear. Collated, complete. A contemporary, heavily illustrated account of the Paris Commune of 1871, documenting the seventy-three days of the Second Siege through eyewitness sketches, portraits taken from original photographs. John Leighton (1822–1912), also known under the pseudonym “Luke Limner,” was a British artist, illustrator, and designer noted for his graphic documentation of historical events. With four pages of advertisements to rear, uncut.