Parisian Bourgeoisie in the 14th Century

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LAZARD Lucien, Un bourgeois de Paris au XIV eme siecle, Etienne MARCEL Gedalge Jeune, 1890, large format, publisher's red cloth binding stamped in cold on the spine with faux compartments, and framing with wide fillets on the boards, 214 pp., 22 engravings, 2 plans and a full-page portrait frontispiece out of text, scattered foxing. Grand provost of the merchants of Paris (from the woolen drapers' corporation), E. Marcel embodies the path of major reforms and violent resistance against a weak and scheming royalty.