The French Revolution - A History in Three Volumes (The Bastille, The Constitution, The Guillotine)

Carlyle, Thomas (introduction and notes by John Holland Rose)

Published by George Bell and Sons, London, 1902

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1902. First edition thus - three volumes complete. xxxi, 348pp., frontispiece, 20 black and white illustrations and a plan of the Bastille; viii, 369pp., frontispiece, 16 illustrations and a plan of central Paris; ix, 435pp., frontispiece, 19 illustrations, a map of the invaded district (1793) and a plan of the siege of Toulon. Top edges gilt. Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was a noted Scottish essayist, historian, and philosopher. A leading writer of the Victorian era, he exerted a profound influence on 19th-century art, literature, and philosophy. His 'The French Revolution: A History' is a the three-volume work, first published in 1837. It charts the course of the French Revolution from 1789 to the height of the Reign of Terror (1793-94) and culminates in 1795. A massive undertaking which draws together a wide variety of sources, Carlyle's history is considered by many to be an authoritative account of the early course of the Revolution. The three volumes are uniformly bound in contemporary blue half leather over blue cloth covered boards with gold titling and five raised bands on the spines. The cases of the books are in very good condition with some light soiling to the cloth on the boards and slight sunning to the spines. The contents are tight and clean with a little scattered light foxing. The fore edges of the text blocks are more heavily foxed and on some pages this has seeped a little way into the fore margin. The second rear free endpapers in each volume have a few brief pencil notes. shelf wear on the boards and bumping to the spine ends. The spine is faded. The contents are tight and clean with browning to the last page of the catalogue at the end of the book. There is no inscription. PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy set and extra postage will apply. Seller Inventory # gVIHistory08

Bibliographic Details

Title: The French Revolution - A History in Three ...

Publisher: George Bell and Sons, London

Publication Date: 1902

Binding: Half Leather & Cloth Hardbacks

Condition: Very Good Plus

Edition: First Edition Thus