De Barante Histoire de la Convention Nationale - 6 volumes -
history of the National Convention in six full volumes published in Paris, war and Cie, Langlois and Leclercq collation: 400 pages per volume approximately pages. Half shagreen binding with raised bands, back adorned with a crown and golden initials, golden title and author, format:Octavo (23 x 15 cm) condition: Rubbed binding, some foxing, small tears in crowns but in good condition. Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron of Barante is a historian, writer and French politician, born in Riom (Puy-de-Dôme) June and died in the castle of Barante in Dorat (Puy-de-Dôme) on November . Born into a noble family of Auvergne, Prosper de Barante was admitted to the École polytechnique in and began his career in the administration in Carcassonne (), where his father, Brugière de Barante (), is the first prefect of Aude. The Convention is the name given to the constituent Assembly which ruled France from 21 September to 26 October during the French Revolution.She was elected for the first time with the male universal suffrage in order to give a new constitution to France, made necessary by the loss of Louis XVI during the day of 10 August Read More