Un souvenir de Solferino. Ne se vend pas.
by DUNANT, J(ean) Henry
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Geneva, Jules-Guillaume Fick, 1862. With 1 double-page map of Solferino and environs. 2 leaves, 115 pp. 4to. Modern boards, orig. wrappers mounted (slightly dust-soiled). Geneva, Jules-Guillaume Fick, 1862. First edition, privately printed and not for sale, of this important document which led to the founding of the Red Cross. In summer 1859, Henry Dunant (1828-1910), travelled in northern Italy, seat of a cruel war, and was an eye-witness to appalling scenes of bloodshed at the battle of Solferino. In his book he summarizes his distressing experience of seeing wounded soldiers left to perish on the battlefield for lack of medical assistance. He stresses the need to constitute a permanent society for the aid of war casualties. The idea began to take shape in February 1863, when the "Société Genevoise d'Utilité Publique" set up a committee of five members, including Dunant, to consider his proposal. Two international conferences were held in Geneva in October 1863 and 1864, which resulted in the first Geneva convention, an international agreement for the care of wounded soldiers, the proper treatment of prisoners of war and the civilian population, and the protection of Red Cross activities in the field. It was adopted and signed by 14 European countries.- A good copy. - PMM 350; Garrison/Morton 2166; Waller 2639; Hook/Norman 670; Eimas, Heirs of Hippocrates (1990), 1945; Borst 2821; Weigelt, Les éditions Fick (1936), no. 89; En français dans le texte: Dix siècles de lumières par le livre (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, 1990), 284; cf. François, Le berceau de la Croix-Rouge (1918). RED CROSS ;
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- Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat (CH)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Un souvenir de Solferino. Ne se vend pas.
- Author
- DUNANT, J(ean) Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Geneva, Jules-Guillaume Fick
- Date Published
- 1862
- Keywords
- RED CROSS ;
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