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CARLYLE, Thomas (1795-1881). The French Revolution: A History. London: James Moyes [vols I-II] and Levey, Robson, and Franklyn [vol. III] for James Fraser, 1837. 3 volumes, 8° (197 x 122mm). Half-titles, advertisement leaf II/U2. (Scattered light spotting, vol. II half-title and title slightly marked.) Original brown/purple linen-backed grey boards [Tarr's binding A], paper lettering-pieces, later cloth box (a little rubbed and marked, lettering-pieces chipped, rebacked retaining original spines).
FIRST EDITION, IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS. 'Carlyle wrote his French Revolution as a secular "tract for the times" and as a warning for his compatriots of the frightful consequences of materialism, utilitarianism and democracy [...] The result is not a work of scholarship but a prose epic, teeming with colourful scenes of dramatic events and imaginative portraits of the leading revolutionaries' (PMM). PMM 304; Tarr Thomas Carlyle A8.1.I-III.
PMM 304; Tarr Thomas Carlyle A8.1.I-III.
FIRST EDITION, IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS. 'Carlyle wrote his French Revolution as a secular "tract for the times" and as a warning for his compatriots of the frightful consequences of materialism, utilitarianism and democracy [...] The result is not a work of scholarship but a prose epic, teeming with colourful scenes of dramatic events and imaginative portraits of the leading revolutionaries' (PMM). PMM 304; Tarr Thomas Carlyle A8.1.I-III.
PMM 304; Tarr Thomas Carlyle A8.1.I-III.
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