A Memory of Solferino is an account by Henry Dunant of the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in 1859. His plea for the relief of wounded soldiers led to the establishment of the Red Cross and the first Geneva Convention.
Bibliographic notesA Memory of Solferino was first published in French in 1862, under the title Un Souvenir de Solferino. It has since been translated into English and many other languages.
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A Memory of Solferino (Geneva: International Committee of the Red Cross, ca. 2000), by Henry Dunant (PDF at icrc.org). Includes a biography of Dunant, a history of the influence of the book, and a copy of the first Geneva Convention.
These include Dunant's original text.
- Un Souvenir de Solferino (first edition, in French; Geneva: Imp. J.-G. Fick, 1862), by Henry Dunant
- Un Souvenir de Solferino (second edition; Geneva: J. Cherbuliez; et al., 1862), by Henry Dunant (page images at HathiTrust)
- Un Souvenir de Solferino (third edition, in French; Geneva: Imp. de J.-G. Fick, 1862), by Henry Dunant
- Un Souvenir de Solférino (with notes on the origins of the Red Cross; in French; Amsterdam: Delsman & Nolthenius, 1902), by Henry Dunant, contrib. by Chr. F. Haje and J.-M. Simon
- The Origin of the Red Cross: "Un Souvenir de Solferino" (Philadelphia: J. C. Winston Co., 1911), by Henry Dunant, trans. by Anna B. Heylin Wright
- Eine Erinnerung an Solferino (in German; Basel: H. Georg, 1863), by Henry Dunant
- Die Barmherzigkeit auf dem Schlachtfelde: Eine Erinnerung an Solferino (with a report on the 1864 Geneva conference; in German; Stuttgart: C. Belser, 1864), by Henry Dunant, contrib. by E. R. Wagner (page images at HathiTrust)
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