MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02012cam a22002411 4500
001 17001979
003 DLC
005 19961120074448.6
008 961115s1803 fr cf 000 0 eng
010 $a 17001979 //r96
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $ae-fr---
050 00 $aDC161$b.T25
051 $aDC161$b.T25 Copy 2$cCopy 2.
130 0 $aTableaux historiques de la revolution française.$lEnglish.
245 10 $aHistorical pictures, representing the most remarkable events which occurred during the early period of the French revolution, with a particular account of those important transactions; and a series of discources elucidating the causes which led to that event ...$bWith portraits and historical memoirs of some of the principal persons engaged ... with vignette prints representing ... the most remarkable event which distinguished each person's character.$cTr. from the French of M. Champort, and other distinguished writers ...
260 $aParis,$bPrinted by J. Charles under the inspection of Auber, original proprietor,$c1803.
300 $a2 p.l., vi, 32 p.,$b12 l. front., 8 pl., 12 port.$c49 cm.
500 $aA translation from a French compilation pub. in 1791-1804 under title: "Tableaux historiques de la revolution française." The work also appeared under title: "Tableaux de la revolution française" and several editions under title: "Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la revolution française." The present translation contains the frontispiece, introduction, first 8 plates with accompanying "preliminary discourses," and 12 portraits accompanied by a translation of the original descriptive text.
500 $aText of "Introduction" and "preliminary discourses" by Claude Fauchet and Sébastien R. Chamfort. cf. Tourneux, Publications relatifs à la révolution française, t. 1, no. 278-280.
651 0 $aFrance$xHistory$yRevolution, 1789-1799.
700 1 $aFauchet, Claude,$d1744-1793.
700 1 $aChamfort, Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas,$d1740?-1794.