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28v HISTORY OF FRENCH Jean Charles Leonard De Sismondi - Antique 28v Book Set HISTOIRE DES FRANCAIS [History of the French] by Jean Charles Leonard De Sismondi | Published: Paris: Chez Treuttel et Wurtz, Libraires, 1821-1842 | Binding: Leather Hardcover | Volumes: 28 | Approx. Size: 5.5” W x 8.25” H | Details: 28 decoratively-bound volumes of Sismondi's expansive French history | The quarter-leather titles feature marbled paper-covered boards, leather spines decorated in stamped gilt and blind, and marbled edges and endpapers. Notes: These antique volumes are in excellent antique condition, solidly bound in quarter-leather, with light customary wear | Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi (also known as Jean Charles Leonard Simonde de Sismondi) (French: [ʒɑ̃ ʃaʁl leɔnaʁ də sismɔ̃di]; 9 May 1773 – 25 June 1842), was a writer born in Geneva. He is best known for his works on French and Italian history. Sismondi lived in Paris from 1813 until the Restoration, supporting Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1818 he began his Histoire des Français, published over 23 years.