Biography of the First Mayor of Paris
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Fernand Laurent, Jean sylvain bailly, Boivin et cie, 1927. 457 pages, quarto, paperback, slight wear to lower crown, otherwise a pleasant copy. Jean-Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer and politician (1736-1793), was President of the Constituent Assembly during the famous Jeu de Paume session and later became mayor of Paris. Arrested in 1793, he was executed. Contents include Bailly's early scientific aspirations,…
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