First page of the Manifesto appealing to the people of Paris to reject the violation...

Written by Baudin and dictated and corrected by Victor Hugo; Alphonse Baudin (1811-51) French political figure and doctor who devoted his practice to caring for the poor; elected a socialist deputy for the department of Ain after the 1848 revolution; in 1851, after the coup d'etat of 2 December and the dissolution of the National assembly by Prince-President, Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (future Napoleon III), Baudin wrote the manifesto appealing to the people of Paris, dictated to him by Victor Hugo and condemning the coup d'etat; killed on the Barricade while attempting to incite the workers of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine to rebel and after uttering his celebrated phrase: 'You will see how one dies for twenty-five francs' (Je vais vous montrer comment in meurt pour 25 francs par jour'); 1ère page de l'appel au peiple écrit par Baudin, dicté et corrigé par Victor Hugo;