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(Grolier Club) The French Revolution: A History Author: Carlyle, Thomas Place Published: London Publisher: James Fraser Date Published: 1837 Description: 3 volumes. 19.5x12 cm (7¾x4¾"), bound by the Grolier Club Bindery (signed on front turn-in) in full scarlet crushed morocco, covers gilt with French fillet border, raised bands, spine compartments stamped in floral gilt, gilt dentelle inners, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. First Edition. One of the most important histories in English, with excellent provenance and luxurious binding. With the morocco bookplate of Robert Hoe, first president and among the founders of the Grolier Club. Carlyle's French Revolution "at once captured the English-speaking world, and has, outside France, moulded popular conceptions of the French Revolution down to the present day." Printing and the Mind of Man 304. Condition: Light wear to extremities, minor residue to leather, occasional foxing; near fine. Item#: 350895 Headline: Robert Hoe's copy of Carlyle's French Revolution