MIRABEAU: A Life-history. In Four Books. Complete In One Volume.
by [Mirabeau]; Anonymous
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(Printed by T.K. and P.G. Collins for) Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia: ., 1848 pp. viii, (1), (15)-374, (30) [Publisher's illustrated catalogue]. Foxed. Manuscript ownership of Thomas? L. Speyers?, 1873. 1924 penciled comment that mentions American Civil War. 12mo. 200 mm. Original full cloth binding. Major loss at head of spine. Hardbound. Good. Honore-Gabriel de Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791) was a leader of the early stages of the French Revolution. A noble, he was involved in numerous scandals that had left his reputation in ruins, before the start of the Revolution (1789). Nonetheless, he rose to the top of the French political hierarchy. He acquired the reputation as the 'voice of the people.' The later discovery that he was in the pay of King Louis XVI and the Austrian enemies of France beginning in 1790 caused his posthumous disgrace. Historians are deeply split on whether he was a great leader who almost saved the nation from the Terror, a venal demagogue lacking political or moral values, or a traitor in the pay of the enemy. PAIMP 25. Hardcover.
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- Title
- MIRABEAU: A Life-history. In Four Books. Complete In One Volume.
- Author
- [Mirabeau]; Anonymous
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Publisher
- (Printed by T.K. and P.G. Collins for) Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia: .
- Date Published
- 1848
- Keywords
- PENNSYLVANIA IMPRINTS EARLY AMERICAN FRANCE FRENCH REVOLUTION BIOGRAPHY MIRABEAU GABRIEL HONORE DE RIQUETTI COUNT OF PHILADELPHIA IMPRINT 1848
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- AUTOBIOGRAPHY / BIOGRAPHY; FRENCH / FRANCE; EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS;
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Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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- Foxed
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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