War stories. Paris besieged 1870-1871

Half red morocco binding with corners. Raised bands on spine. Gilt top edge. Binding signed CHAMPS-STROOBANTS. Numerous black illustrations, including 10 double-page color illustrations, after Meissonier, De Neuville, Detaille, Puvis de Chavannes, Gustave Doré and from the collection assembled by M. A. Binant.

The Siege of Paris became a pictorial subject. "Paris and its inhabitants are shown as heroic and stoic, through their patience, their devotion, and their capacity to resist" {...} This heroization restored to Paris a political respectability and dignity sullied by the revolutionary excesses of the Commune." (La Commune de Paris, révolution sans images? Politique et représentations dans la France républicaine 1871-1914 by Bertrand Tillier, Champ Vallon editions, 2004).

• - Number of volumes: 1 volume
• - Format: Folio
• - Binding: Bound
• - Collation: 155 pp