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Lot of 5 volumes. De Stael, Baroness. Duke de Broglie and Baron de Stael, eds. Considerations of the Principal Events of the French Revolution. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1818, 3 vols. 8vo, 3/4 leather over marbled paper; 432, 416, 416pp. Heavy wear to boards. Minor toning. Carlyle, Thomas. The French Revolution: a History. Leipzig: Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun., 1851. 24mo, full leather, gilt front, back, spine, page edges and doublure, 430pp. Hinges separating, a few stains on endpapers. Die nach der Wahrheit geschilderte Franzosen und wie sie das heil. Rdm. Reich besonders aber das haus Desterreich seit 300 Jahren zu franken gesucht haben. N.p., 1792. 16mo, blue paper boards, 174pp. Moderate toning and foxing, wear to boards. This appears to be the German view of the revolutionary fervor in France as it was occurring, and their concern over France's position in Europe. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Dr. Fred E. Schwab