BOURSIN, Elphège and CHALLAMEL, Augustin. Dictionary of the French Revolution. Institutions, men and facts. Published in Paris by Jouvet et Cie in 1893. In-4, cherry morocco half-chagrin, spine with cold-framed nerves, double gilt frame to the entrenerfs decorated with an interlacing of gilt fleurons à la grotesque, author and title in gold lettering, arms of the city of Paris gilt in a cold frame on the boards. Contemporary binding. VIII and 935 pages, a full-page map of Europe in 1789. Text in two columns. Binding rubbed, 2 light snags on spine, browning and light stains on boards. Some faint brown spots, more present in the margins. First edition. ''In addition to recounting the 'famous days', plots and insurrections, details of the politics of the time, and biographies of people who played some kind of significant role, this dictionary] contains as complete an overview as possible of events whose importance is easily forgotten; notes on science, literature, the arts, industry and commerce, typical curiosities, mores, fashions, festivals, public pleasures and misfortunes....] Laws, decrees, official hymns and songs, prints, caricatures, medals, costumes, etc., we have left no stone unturned to fill certain gaps that exist in both the developed histories and the abstracts. All these things are necessary to re-establish the true body and physiognomy of the Revolution.'' Tourneux IV, Bibliographie de l'histoire de Paris pendant la Révolution française, 20590. Contents: France under Louis XVI - Institutions of the Ancien Régime - Estates General - Oath of the Jeu de Paume - The Constituent Assembly - The Legislative Assembly - The Convention - The Armies of the Republic - Wars of the Vendée - The Directory - Council of Five Hundred - Council of Elders - 18 Brumaire - The Consulate. A solid copy of this exhaustive dictionary, a veritable mine of information on the French Revolution.