BOOKS
Carlyle, Thomas / Cobb, Richard (introd.).
The French Revolution. Volume I The Bastille. Volume II The Constitution. Volume III The Guillotine.
London, The Folio Society, 2001
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Bound, quarter cloth and cloth sides in different color, 275+344+292pp., 17x24cm., illustr. in b/w., in good condition (slipcase with little bump on right back corner and some traces of use, bindings with very little traces of use, little brown stain on the botom paper edges of volume III, name and date in pencil on first and last pages, inside books in very good condition).
Itemnummer 15884 
The book that established Thomas Carlyle's reputation when first published in 1837, this spectacular historical masterpiece has since been accepted as the standard work on the subject. It combines a shrewd insight into character, a vivid realization of the picturesque, and a singular ability to bring the past to blazing life, making it a reading experience as thrilling as any novel.