HISTORY OF THE COMMUNE OF 1871,; translated from the French of [Hippolyte Prosper Olivier Lissagaray (1838-1901)] by Eleanor Marx Aveling.

London: Reeves & Turner, 1886. First Edition in English. 8vo, 500pp, uncut in original green cloth.(some water damage to the rear board, little toning to the title-page, o/w a very good tight copy. Item #57483

The Paris Comune of 1871 was an insurrection of Paris against the French government from March 18 to May 28, 1871. It occurred in the wake of France’s defeat in the Franco-German War and the collapse of Napoleon III’s Second Empire (1852-70). Lissagary was a soldier of the Commune. This translation was originally done in 1876 and was entirely revised and corrected by Karl Marx. As a working class revolutionary movement, the experience of the Commune offered Marx an opportunity for contemporary analysis. Scarce.

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