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PARIS Commune PRINTS Bertall 1871 -Antique- #1795264

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PARIS Commune PRINTS Bertall 1871 -Antique-  #1795264
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Book of colored prints by Bertall of Paris Communards.
<p>Bertall was Albert d'Arnoux (1820-1882) illustrator, writer
and photographer. During the Paris Commune of 1871, he made
a series of 40 prints of individuals and character types, such as
the lady arsonists shown.
<p>After the fall of Napoleon III and the German seige of Paris,
the citizens declared the city a free socialist state. When the
emperor abdicated after the first disasterous engagements of
the war, the wealthy and empowered ran to the country, so the
defense of the city was left to the working class, artists and
sympathetic intellectuals. They formed committees and ran
things on a socialist democrat model (rather like the future
soviet system). When the Germans left after a brief occupation,
the new French Republic tried to reclaim the weapons the
Parisians used to defend the city during the seige. The newly
empowered underclass was reluctant to give up power and the
commune was declared. It fell apart after two months due to its
own factiousness.
<p>Bertall published his prints first in 1871. They were re-
issued in this handsome edition in 1881.
<p>40 demi quarto color lithograph plates bound in leather. The covers are barely
hanging on, but the plates are all clean.
<p>Please see out inventory for more rare books and prints, as well as antiques of all kinds.
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#: 2497bk</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:See Description</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1881</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:France</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Bertall</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:12.5</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:9.75</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:PARIS Commune PRINTS Bertall 1871 -Antique- </td></tr>


<tr><td>Type:Lithograph</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:Buffalo, NY</td></tr>
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