M. A. Thiers - Histoire de la Révolution française - 1846

Superb illustrated set of this monumental work which stands as one of the great historical narratives of the 19th century dedicated to the upheavals from 1789 to 1799 -

Thiers, statesman and historian, presents a detailed and dramatic narrative, attentive to events, actors, and the passions that animated the Revolution, from the fall of the Ancien Régime to the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte -

The work is distinguished by its vivid, oratorical style, which lends the revolutionary episodes a dramatic intensity, while reflecting the liberal and moderate convictions of the author, concerned with reconciling admiration for the popular impulse with criticism of excesses -

The collection illustrates Thiers’ intention to provide an accessible and striking national history that helped shape the collective memory of the Revolution in the 19th century, offering contemporaries a political and literary narrative, and modern bibliophiles a essential milestone of Romantic and liberal historiography -

M. A. Thiers - Histoire de la Révolution française - 1846 - Tome I to XXI - Furne & Cie -
12895 pages.

Condition: good bindings, works in their brown half-leather edition, marbled boards, handling wear, some headcaps creased, a few joints cracked and some spines where leather is peeling, corners worn, spine with raised bands ornamented, gilded titles, volumes and author’s name gilded -

Good interior condition, rare foxing, volumes adorned with fine stand-alone engravings beyond the text including a frontispiece, marbled endpapers -

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