JOHN BENJAMINS ANTIQUARIAAT - WEIL (Philippe Luiggi). - Lot 140

JOHN BENJAMINS ANTIQUARIAAT - WEIL (Philippe Luiggi). Revolution and the Intelligentsia. Periodicals Focusing on Major Moments of Political and Social Change in the 19th and 20th Centuries. A Selection from Our Inventory. Joint Catalogue No. 5. Amsterdam / Philadelphia, John Benjamins Antiquariaat - Paris, Librairie D. Weil, n.d. [circa 1994–1995]. Large 4to, paperback, printed cover. An important bibliographic catalog devoted to political, intellectual, and revolutionary periodicals of the 19th and 20th centuries. Produced jointly by John Benjamins Antiquariaat and Librairie D. Weil, it brings together a selection of newspapers, journals, manifestos, and activist publications illustrating the major movements of political and social transformation, from the Revolution of 1848 to the intellectual avant-gardes of the 20th century. The extensively annotated entries provide detailed descriptions of the featured collections, including their condition, editorial history, contributors, and rarity. The catalog covers, in particular, the revolutions of 1848, the Paris Commune, socialism, anarchism, revolutionary syndicalism, pacifism, European intellectual movements, as well as political and literary avant-garde journals. Included, among others, are *L’Ami du Peuple* (1848) by François-Vincent Raspail, *L’Assiette au Beurre*, *Activités* edited by Pauline Torry with contributions by Philippe Soupault, Mayakovsky, and Gertrude Stein, *Bref,* *Bevrijding*, and numerous periodicals that have become difficult to find. A particularly useful resource for bibliographers and specialized collectors, this catalog goes far beyond the simple role of a sales list and now serves as a documentary reference on modern political and intellectual press. A fine copy.