[ENGRAVINGS]. The Sixteen Days of the French Revolution. Series of 15 19th century engravings. Published in Paris] by Imprimerie Chardon, s.d. CIRCA 1850]. Broadside, red half-chagrin, gilt floral decoration and title on smooth spine, gilt titling in cold frame on first board. Contemporary binding. Covers rubbed, freckles and browning on boards, second cover faded, corners dull. Tear on flyleaf, some foxing, more present in margins. Series of 15 impressive captioned etchings mounted on tabs, depicting the key events of the French Revolution: the storming of the Bastille, the oath of the Jeu de Paume, the abandonment of privileges by the deputies of the National Assembly on the night of August 4, 1789, and scenes of terror (IX Thermidor An II, assassination of the French plenipotentiaries at the Congress of Rastatt, death of Louis XVI on the Place de la Révolution, etc.). They were engraved by Antoine-Jean Duclos (for the first ten) and by Duplessi-Bertaux (for the last five), after drawings by Charles Monnet. The first 14 are numbered from I to XIV, the last one unnumbered. A good copy of this famous series of engravings, a valuable item for collectors of art about the French Revolution.