8vo. [4], 439pp. With half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled boards. Rubbed and marked, with surface wear to spine and edges. Armorial bookplate of Orwell Park to FEP. Heavy spotting to title and blank fly-leaves, lighter spotting to text.

The first French edition of a response to the February Revolution by future President of France, Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877). A staunch republican, Thiers' writing espouses revolutionary spirit, foreshadowing his eventual - and ill-fated - time spent as provisional president of the 3rd Republic several decades later.