ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE Democracy in America. Translated by Henry Reeve Esq. In Two Volumes. London, Saunders and Otley 1835 2 volumes, octavo, quarter calf and contemporary marbled boards, rebacked, paper labels, pp.xliv, 333, (1), (2) adverts; viii, 462, (2) adverts, folding map hand coloured in outline, engraved bookplate of John William Willis Bund, an excellent, large copy. Downs, Famous Books since 1492. No.66. RARE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of de Tocqueville’s masterpiece of political philosophy and one of the most important texts in political literature. De la Démocratie en Amérique by Alexis de Tocqueville [1809-1859] was first published in January 1835 in less than 500 copies and in 1840 two concluding volumes were published. In March 1835 de Tocqueville met Henry Reeve in Paris, became a lifelong friend and Reeve became the official translator of his work. de Tocqueville wrote to Henry Reeve in May 1840 “You have rendered my thoughts, in their most delicate shades, with a fidelity and clearness that seem to me perfect”. £4850	Please select : JOHN BATE Gerard Blaes Bullion Report Ephraim Chambers Captain James Cook Charles Davenant Alexis de Tocqueville Nicholas Dubois de Chemant Francesco Feliciano William Hamilton Ebenezer Howard DAVID HUME Six 17th Century editions of the Koran Koran Koran Koran John Locke JOHN LOCKE JOHN LOCKE Thomas Masterson HENRI MATISSE JAMES AND JOHN STUART MILL JOHN STUART MILL Thomas Obicini LUCA PACIOLI John Parkinson JOHANN HEINRICH PESTALOZZI François PÉTIS DE LA CROIX William Petty Giovanni Sfortunati William Shaw Robert Simson ADAM SMITH Adam Smith Adam Smith ADAM SMITH ADAM SMITH ADAM SMITH ADAM SMITH SIR JAMES STEUART Robert Louis Stevenson Heinrich Stromer William Thom CUTHBERT TUNSTALL JOHN WHEELER Robert Wooffendale
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