Louis, P. French Thinkers and Figures of the 19th Century (Frantsuzskie mysliteli i deyateli XIX v.), 1905. In Russian.

Поль Луи.
Французские мыслители и деятели XIX в.
Санкт-Петербург: Книгоиздательство «Молот» / Типография товарищества «Общественная польза», 1905.
190 с. ; 20 см. Издательская мягкая обложка. Обычный формат.
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Paul Louis.
French Thinkers and Figures of the 19th Century.
Saint Petersburg: Molot Publishing House / "Obshchestvennaya Polza" Typography, 1905.
190 pp. ; 20 cm. Publisher’s softcover. Standard format.

This significant historical and sociological study, published during the height of the 1905 Russian Revolution, offers a detailed survey of the evolution of French socialist and radical thought. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the European revolutionary tradition, including the arrangement of chapters dedicated to Gracchus Babeuf and the "Manifesto of Equals," the Saint-Simonian school, Charles Fourier, and Victor Considérant. Written by the French socialist historian Paul Louis, the book tracks the transition from utopian socialism to the organized labor movements of the First International and the Paris Commune. By analyzing the theories of Proudhon, Blanqui, and the influence of the "Communist Manifesto" on French soil, Louis provides a vital primary source for understanding the intellectual genealogy that informed both the French and Russian revolutionary movements of the early 20th century.
The 1905 edition from the "Molot" (Hammer) publishing house is an artifact of the intense period of political awakening in Saint Petersburg, released by the respected "Obshchestvennaya Polza" typography. It covers a vast intellectual terrain, including the works of Pierre Leroux, Louis Blanc, and the visions of the "State of the Future." The book concludes with a critical synthesis of the successes and failures of 19th-century French radicalism. For bibliophiles, historians of political science, and collectors of pre-revolutionary Russian imprints, this volume is a rare specimen of the radical literature that circumvented censorship during the First Russian Revolution. Its inclusion of "The Communist Manifesto" and the history of the Workers' Party makes it a crucial document for studying the spread of Marxist and socialist ideas in the Russian Empire.