Madame de Staël on the French revolution 1818

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. (3). STAËL- (HOLSTEIN, A. L. G. DE). Considérations sur les principaux événemens de la révolution françoise. Ouvrage posthume... I-III. Paris (Delaunay - Bossange et Masson) 1818.

8:o.
Contemporary brown full calf, worn, faded gilt edges, somewhat faded gilt spines, redspeckled edges. Stamped bookplate of Carl v. Mengden on halftitles. First edition. 3 volumes.

Published shorlty after her death in 1817 this work is the first full-length history of the French Revolution written by a participant.

From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).

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