Considerations on the Principal Events of the French Revolution. Posthumous Work of the Baroness De Stael. Edited by the Duke de Broglie, and the Baron de Stael. Translated from the Original Manuscript. In Three Volumes. London; Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; 1818.
FIRST EDITION in English of this monumental work by the hugely influential Germaine De Stael, who many consider as the founder of the Romantic movement, and at the very least, as the one who coined the term 'Romanticism'.
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Provenance:
Bookplate of Sir Richard Sutton Bart. Likely the 1st Baronet (1733-1802) of Norwood Park in Nottinghamshire. Richard was a politician who sat in the house of commons from 1768 to 1796.
Size: 22 x 14.5 cm (approx.)
Condition:
Two of three volumes (only). Spines with minor marks and rubbing. Two of four tooled labels present. Tooled label of volume one lacking a small fragments and partially detached. All boards securely attached with very minor wear to joints and hinges; front joint of volume one cracked and hinge starting. Boards with very minor superficial scratches, and marks. Shelf and edge wear. Minor dulling to page edges. Bookplate attached to front pastedown in both volumes. Text blocks very clean with very sporadic very minor foxing.
