TAINE, H.

Les Origines de la France contemporaine. De L'académie Francaise. 12 vols.

Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1899. 8vo. Bound in 11 contemporary half calf with gilt title-inscription to spine and five raised bands. Small paper-label pasted to bottom of spines. Repairs made on the two title-pages in volume 7. (5), XII, 339 pp; (6), 329 pp, (3); (4), IV, 294 pp, (1); (4), 265 pp, (2); (6), 329 pp, (2); (4), 274 pp, (1); (4), IV, 363 pp; (4), 441 pp, (2); (8), 239 pp; (4), 312 pp; (4), XX, 378, (6), 136 pp. Spines have minor traces of wear. Internally nice and clean.

The twenty-second edition of Taine's monumental achievement. Tomes I - II: L'Ancien Régime. Tome III - IV: La Révolution, L'anarchie. Tomes V - VI: La Révolution, La conquête jacobine. Tomes VII - VIII: La Révolution, Le gouvernement révolutionnaire. Tome IX - XI : Le régime moderne. Tome XII (included in the 11th binding): Index général.

Order-nr.: 42510