1844 Steel Engraving Bailly Mayor Paris French Revolution King Louis XIV XEG1 RO1 Large crease - bottom right

Large crease - bottom right corner

best known as the first conspicuous casualty of the American Civil War

is remembered for his early modernist work

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1844 Steel Engraving Bailly Mayor Paris French Revolution King Louis XIV XEG1 RO1 Large crease - bottom rightThis is an original 1844 black and white steel engraving of "Jean Sylvain Bailly," of France. Bailly was an astronomer and a lecturer, and the Mayor of Paris from 1789 to 1791. As an early leader in the French Revolution, he lost his head to the guillotine during a period of that Revolution called, "The Reign of Terror." CONDITION This 167+ year old Item is rated Very Fine Fine. Moderate aging throughout. Moderate wrinkling. No natural defects. No