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TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de. De la Démocratie en Amérique. Paris, Pagnerre, 1848. 4 volumes, 8°. Half title (some leaves lightly browned, some light spotting). Contemporary morocco-backed boards, spines elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt (very lightly rubbed). Mixed editions (twelfth and fifth editions) of this major work, praised by Schumpeter as "the finest flower of the period's literature of political analysis" (p. 433). (4)
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