MERCIER [Révolution] - Le Nouveau Paris [Édition originale] - 1799

Original edition of one of the most important texts about the Revolution in Paris.

MERCIER (Louis-Sébastien) also known as Cit. MERCIER

The New Paris


Paris, Fuchs, Ch. Pougens, and Ch. Fr. Cramer, no date [1799]. Six volumes in three bound volumes, in-12 size, comprising (2)-XXXVIII-220 pages; (2)-248 pages; (2)-256 pages; (2)-256 pages; (2)-252 pages. 20th-century bindings, paper card covers in the Bradel style, smooth spines, title pieces, gilt titles, fillets. Spines worn, headcaps rubbed, foxing within the text.

Original edition of "the most admirable, most curious, most energetic" production by Mercier: "a vast and turbulent tableau of the Revolution, where much has already been taken, and even more will be taken" (Charles Monselet, Les Oubliés et les Dédaignés, 1857).

Following the 12 volumes of 'Tableaux de Paris,' which were published 10 years earlier, just a few months before the Revolution, 'Le Nouveau Paris' depicts Paris during the French Revolution through anecdotes, portraits, reflections, and short stories: six volumes, 271 chapters.

The work, which went unnoticed upon its release, became an essential part of revolutionary bibliographies thanks to Charles Monselet and later Poulet-Malassis, who issued a reprint in 1862.