Considerations on the Principal Events of the French Revolution, Vols I-II
New York: James Eastburn and Co., 1818. Hardcover. Two volumes complete. Octavo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 404pp/344pp. Black gilt-bordered half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards. Raised gilt-ruled bands. Spine particulars gilt. Plain white glossy endpapers. Light edgewear to extremities. Endpapers cracking in hinges, else bindings solid and tight. Pages foxed and very age-toned throughout. Otherwise, interior clean and unmarked. Translated from the original manuscript. A posthumously published account and analysis of critical events of the French Revolution from the perspective of Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (1766-1817), an influential salonnière and prominent intellectual and political theorist of the time. Very Good / No dust jacket as issued. Item #317
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