May 18, 2016 - Sale 2416

Sale 2416 - Lot 48

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
CARLYLE, THOMAS. The French Revolution: A History. 3 volumes. vii, [1], 404; vii, [1], 422, [2]; vii, [1], 448 pp. Half-titles. Ads not retained at rear of Volume 2. 8vo, late 19th-century full polished tan calf bound for Sotheran & Co., French fillet covers, spines gilt tooled in compartments, morocco lettering pieces, top edges gilt, few surface impressions and scuffs, scattered fingersoiling, joints rubbed with several splits and mends, inner dentelles; Edward C. Ellice bookplate to front pastedowns. first edition. London: James Fraser, 1837

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with-Autograph Note Signed and dated (6 June 1850) from Carlyle to Sir Robert Peel accepting an invitation, tipped to preliminary leaf. Printing and the Mind of Man 304.