Question Des Subsistances Memoire Qui a Obtenu La Medaille D'Or De M. De Cormenin Dans Le Concours Ouvert Par La Societe D'Economie Charitable

E-260. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather. 12mo. E. Marc-Aurel, Paris, France. 1849. Xxxiv,143 pages. Text in French. Bound in 1/2 brown leather and matching cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are scuffed and worn). Light foxing present. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Louis Marie de la Haye, Vicomte de Cormenin (January 6, 1788 in Paris – May 6, 1868 in Paris) was a French jurist and political pamphleteer. In 1828 Cormenin entered the Chamber of Deputies as member for Orléans, took his seat in the Left Center, and began a vigorous opposition to the government of Charles X. As he was not gifted with the qualifications of the orator, he seldom appeared at the tribune; but in the various committees he defended all forms of popular liberties, and at the same time delivered, in a series of powerful pamphlets, under the pseudonym of Timon, the most formidable blows against tyranny and all political and administrative abuses. After the revolution of July 1830, Cormenin was one of the 221 who signed the protest against the elevation of the Orléans dynasty to the throne; and he resigned both his office in the council of state and his seat in the chamber. He was, however, soon re-elected deputy, and now voted with the extreme Left. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .