Nov 29, 2001 - Sale 1916

Sale 1916 - Lot 346

Price Realized: $ 6,900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
SCARCE FIRST EDITIONTOCQUEVILLE, ALEXIS de. De la Democratie en Amerique [first part]. [1], [1], xxiv, 367; [1], [1], 459 pages. Hand-colored folding map. 2 volumes. 8vo, later 1/4 morocco, minor wear at corners and joints; the interior a bit toned. first edition<> with the half-titles. Howes T278; Sabin 96060; Clark III:111.<\t>Paris: Gosselin, 1835
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Sent to America in 1831 by the French government to report on the American penal system, Tocqueville published the first part of his classic study of American politics and culture in fewer than 500 copies.<