Carlyle’s Epic Account of the French Revolution

Description

THOMAS CARLYLE’s seminal work, *French Revolution: A History* (1839), presented in three volumes. Published by James Fraser in London, this second edition features a half-leather binding (poor condition, detached), measuring 4.5 x 7 inches. Each volume contains clean, complete text despite minor flaws: VII + 354, 375, and 400 pages respectively. Includes a stamp on each title page and François Gros’s ex-libris, marking it as part of a renowned collector’s library. Carlyle’s work transcends dry scholarship, offering a dramatic, biographically rich prose epic that warns against materialism, utilitarianism, and democracy. Blending Scottish puritanism and German romanticism, it reshaped English-speaking perceptions of the Revolution.