Collectif - 3 Albums "L'illustration" - 1846-1847

3 Albums L'Illustration 1846-1847. Extremely rare copies - complete edition of the famous illustrated weekly - Published in Paris, by J. Dubochet et Cie, Publishers, folio format (28 x 37 cm) - Vol. VII. from No. 158 of March 7 to No. 183 of August 29, 1846; 420 pages / Vol. VIII. from No. 184 of September 5, 1846 to No. 209 of February 27, 1847, 420 pages / Vol. IX. from No. 210 of March 6 to No. 235 of August 28, 1847, 420 pages - Executive publisher’s purple-red half-leather bindings with corners, smooth spines with title and years, illustrated with romantic motifs in gold, red card covers, counterplates, guards and marbled edges, 1260 pages - Founded in 1843, it is the first French illustrated newspaper with a large print run. Numerous recurring sections appear across all domains: national and international Politics, Military Events, news about the Gotha and the crowned heads, Travels and Discoveries, the Sciences, Literary Chronicles, Theater and Music, Fashion, Musical scores, etc. - 800 illustrations per volume in the text and full-page, including many on double pages, as well as a very large number of humorous and caricatural drawings by Bertall, Cham, Edmond Morin, Gavarni, etc., contributing to the making of these works which also reflect the 19th-century society on current world affairs of the time - The years 1846-1847 are marked by important national and international events. They are mainly characterized by a severe economic, social and political crisis affecting Europe (especially France, England, Germany, Belgium and the Austrian Empire) and paving the way for the revolutions of the “Spring of Peoples” in 1848 - During these two years, France lived under the July Monarchy, led by King Louis-Philippe - - Notably in 1846 (non-exhaustive list): Evasion of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte: the future Napoleon III escapes from the fortress of Ham, July 25, 1846 - Abolition of slavery in Tunisia: first Arab country to abolish the slave trade followed by abolition of slavery and emancipation of all slaves in Mayotte - End of the First Anglo-Sikh War. Kashmir is ceded to the British and the world’s finest diamond, the Koh-i-Noor, is handed to the English - A fourth cholera pandemic breaks out in South Asia before spreading to the rest of the World - Death of Pope Gregory XVI after a pontificate of over 15 years and election of Pius IX, the 255th pope of the Catholic Church - A great famine looms in Ireland: it leads to the death of nearly a million Irish people and the beginning of massive migration to the United States - Following a coup d'état, a new dynasty rises in Nepal - Kraków Uprising: the Polish revolt against Austrian occupation fails - British Prime Minister Robert Peel abolishes the “Corn Laws” (protectionist laws on wheat) - The American Congress declares war on Mexico in May 1846: California, New Mexico and Texas are annexed - Dutch colonial war in Bali against the north of the island - The Donnet expedition ends in catastrophe. To survive, stranded in the snow, caravan members resort to cannibalism - Discovery of the planet Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier and German Johann Gottfried Galle - First anesthesia performed by American dentist William Morton - American attempts to open relations with Japan, which will reject this proposal - - In 1847 (non-exhaustive list): The famous cartoonist and illustrator Grandville dies on March 17, 1847 - Railways: The Paris–Le Havre line was completed and inaugurated on March 20 - In France, political meetings are banned by the government of François Guizot (a spark that will lead to the February 1848 revolution) - End of the conquest of Algeria: Abd el-Kader surrenders to General Lamoricière - France destroys the Vietnamese fleet at Tourane. Forerunners of French colonization of Indochina - The Duke of Choiseul-Praslin assassinates his wife, daughter of Marshal Sébastiani - Publication in London of the Communist Manifesto jointly written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels - Sonderbund War in Switzerland for 26 days pitting Catholics against Protestants - Liberia gains independence: first independent republic in Africa - - Good condition, bindings are very slightly worn, light scuffing may appear, but the quires are firmly fixed and the interiors are fresh -

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