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A powerful Folio Society edition of Paris under Siege, featuring contemporary eyewitness accounts from the dramatic events of 1870–1871. Elegantly bound in full printed cloth with a wraparound engraving design and housed in a cream slipcase, this edition captures the urgency and turmoil of a city in crisis. Typeset in Ehrhardt and printed on Guard Bridge Special Laid paper, the book is bound by Hunter & Foulis and illustrated with dramatic period artwork reproduced photolithographically.

Content
Edited and translated by Joanna Richardson, this volume offers a vivid, day-by-day account of the Franco-Prussian War, the Siege of Paris, and the bloody birth of the Paris Commune. Drawing on letters, diaries, and newspapers, the book presents a raw, unfiltered look at life under bombardment—from makeshift defenses and balloon escapes to hunger, revolution, and civil war. A rare, intimate portrait of a city surviving catastrophe.

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• Full cloth binding with wraparound monochrome illustration
• Illustrated throughout with historical engravings and lithographs
• Cream slipcase
• 232 pages including notes, bibliography, and index

Condition
Very good. The book has clean pages and firm binding. Minor shelf wear to the slipcase only.

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Carefully packaged and shipped with tracking.

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