French historian, orator and statesman (1787–1874)

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A decrepit Louis-Philippe is made ready for an enema by François Guizot; symbolising Guizot's domination of the French government towards the end of the July monarchy. Lithograph by J.E. Deshayes, c. 1848.

An exhausted mother gives birth before a crowd of French officials; symbolising the birth of the ideas of the July Revolution and their troubled patrimony in the hands of contemporary politicians. Lithograph by E. Forest after J. Grandville, 1831, after Eugène Devéria, 1827.

The history of civilization in Europe / François Guizot ; translated by William Hazlitt ; edited with an introduction by Larry Siedentop.

The history of civilization, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution / By G. Guizot. Translated by William Hazlitt.

La physiognomonie et la phrenologie, ou connaissance de l'homme d'après les traits du visage & les reliefs du crane. Examen critique des systèmes d'Aristote, de Porta, de La Chambre, de Camper, de Lavater, de Gall et de Spurzheim / par M. Isadore Bourdon. Avec un tableau phrénologique et les portraits interprétés de MM. Thiers, Guizot, Villèle, Lamartine, Espartero, Wellington, et seize autres contemporains illustres.

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François Guizot

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The history of civilization in Europe / François Guizot ; translated by William Hazlitt ; edited with an introduction by Larry Siedentop.

The history of civilization, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution / By G. Guizot. Translated by William Hazlitt.