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‎BOUCHE DE FER, LA. Par Paschal Grousset.‎

‎Paris, (Imprimerie de A. Vallée), 8 Mars-11 Mars 1871. 2 numbers of together 48 pp. Small 8vo. Modern cloth, black label with gilt lettering. Del Bo, Comune di Parigi, p. 5; Noël, Dictionnaire de la Commune, p. 199; Le Quillec, 324; Schulkind Commune Collection, p. 28; not in Lemonnyer, Les Journaux de Paris; not in Maillard; not in Drujon. All published. The publication was forbidden after the publication of nr 2 by order of General Vinoy, on March 11, 1871. Grousset founded also the well-known journal L'Affranchi.Paschal Jean François Grousset started as a doctor but became soon involved in politics and journalism opposing the Second Empire. He became director of La Marseillaise in which he launched a campaign against the prince Pierre Bonaparte. He was an active member of the Paris commune, was arrested and deported to Nouvelle-Calédonie from which he managed to escape with Jourde, Rochefort and 4 others: the only succesful escape in the history of the deportations! ‎

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