Louis BLANC, Historian, Member of the Provisional Government - Lot 471

Louis BLANC, Historian, Member of the Provisional Government of 1848, Representative of the SEINE in 1871 (Madrid 1813 - Cannes 1882): 5 Letters (4 L.A.S., 1 L.S.) of 1840, 1848, 1877, 1879 and undated, and an engraving of his portrait by LEMERCIER: "Louis BLANC; Assemblée Nationale, Galerie des Représentant du peuple de 1848: Letter of 1840 on the letterhead of the "Revue du progrès"; Letter of May 31, 1848: "Citoyen rédacteur. I have the honor of addressing to you, with a request that they be placed in your columns, the explanations intended to serve as a response to the attacks which, for some time, have not ceased to be directed against me."; Invitation 1877; "Mon cher Martin Auriez-vous et vous pouvez me prêter pour quelques jours les livres suivants: ..."; Letter of July 7, 1879, to Mon cher Mr De LA FORGE: "You have made a fine report on the freedom of the press. It is a noble piece of writing: you followed it up with an even nobler act, by tendering your resignation...".