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CARLYLE, Thomas (1795-1881). The French Revolution: A History. London: James Moyes for James Fraser, 1837.
3 volumes, 12o (201 x 122 mm). Half-titles, 2-page publisher's advertisements at end of vol. II, contents to vol. II misbound before title. Original drab boards, paper spine labels, uncut (light wear along joints and at extremities); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: purchased at Swann Galleries, New York, 20 October 1977, lot 41.
FIRST EDITION OF CARLYLE'S MASTERPIECE: "a prose epic, teeming with colorful scenes of dramatic events and imaginative portraits of the leading revolutionaries. The book at once captured the English-speaking world, and has, outside France, moulded popular conception of the French Revolution down to the present day" (PMM 304). VERY FINE. RARE IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS.
[With:]
CARLYLE, Thomas. Autograph letter signed ("T. Carlyle"), TO THE POET ROBERT BROWNING, Chelsea, 8 February 1845. 3¼ pages, 16o. Carlyle writes to Browning about the upcoming publication of his Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: "Long ago there was a thought of snatching from some ungainly mortal, who now holds a letter of Oliver Cromwell's, a copy of the same. This is now about to be actually wanted. I have just settled, after infinite confused tumbling about in the business, that the Letters and Speeches of Oliver are straightway to come out as a separate Book." Carlyle at the beginning and end of the letter asks Browning why they have not seen him for some time, and requests that he come by: "You cannot be idle." (4)
3 volumes, 12o (201 x 122 mm). Half-titles, 2-page publisher's advertisements at end of vol. II, contents to vol. II misbound before title. Original drab boards, paper spine labels, uncut (light wear along joints and at extremities); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: purchased at Swann Galleries, New York, 20 October 1977, lot 41.
FIRST EDITION OF CARLYLE'S MASTERPIECE: "a prose epic, teeming with colorful scenes of dramatic events and imaginative portraits of the leading revolutionaries. The book at once captured the English-speaking world, and has, outside France, moulded popular conception of the French Revolution down to the present day" (PMM 304). VERY FINE. RARE IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS.
[With:]
CARLYLE, Thomas. Autograph letter signed ("T. Carlyle"), TO THE POET ROBERT BROWNING, Chelsea, 8 February 1845. 3¼ pages, 16o. Carlyle writes to Browning about the upcoming publication of his Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: "Long ago there was a thought of snatching from some ungainly mortal, who now holds a letter of Oliver Cromwell's, a copy of the same. This is now about to be actually wanted. I have just settled, after infinite confused tumbling about in the business, that the Letters and Speeches of Oliver are straightway to come out as a separate Book." Carlyle at the beginning and end of the letter asks Browning why they have not seen him for some time, and requests that he come by: "You cannot be idle." (4)