Thomas Carlyle, Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 2 of 2. Hardcover Issued by Chapman and Hall in 1888. Contains Essays on the French Revolution, Boswell's Life of Johnson, Diderot, Goethe, Cagliostro, Mirabeau , Sir Walter Scott, and much more. VOLUME 2 ONLY.

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Here is Volume II of "Critical and Miscellaneous Essays " by Thomas Carlyle, one of England's most important authors and philosophers. This particular edition, Reprinted from Stereotype plates in 1888 by Chapman & Hall in London, was issued as Four Volumes in Two. The edition was identified as the "Copyright Edition". Again, this is Volume II only. ************************************* CONTENTS : Characteristics / Goethe's Portrait / Biography / Boswell's Life of Johnson / Death of Goethe / Goethe's Works / Corn-Law Rhymes / On history Again / Diderot / Count Cagliostro / Death of Edward Irving / The Diamond Necklace / Mirabeau / Parliamentary History of the French Revolution / Sir Walter Scott / Varnhagen von Ense's Memoirs / Petition on the Copyright Bill / On the Sinking of the Vengeur / Baillie the Covenanter / Dr. Francia / An Election to the Long Parliament / Two-Hundred-and-Fifty Years Ago / The Opera / Project of a National Exhibition of Scottish Portraits / The Printzenraub ************************************* TITLE : Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Collected and Republished (Volume II of 2 only) / AUTHOR : Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881) / IMPRINT : Chapman & Hall / PLACE : London / DATE : (November 1888) [ Publisher's catalog at rear of book is dated December 1888] / EDITION : Stereotype Reprint - Issued as Four Volumes in Two / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade hardcover; contains footnotes and an index; small size font throughout; 300 pages + 375 pages (675 pages in all , plus 12 pages of publisher's catalog at rear of book); 5" x 7 3/8"; smooth dark blue cloth-covered boards and spine, with gilt lettering on spine (title enclosed by a single line gilt border) ************************************* CONDITION -- NEAR VERY GOOD --This is a previously owned book that displays evidence of time's passage, but which remains clean and serviceable. with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- Spine extremities are compressed; spine surface has moderate rub; gilt lettering is still fairly bright; front board cloth has a few surface 'ballooning' (a production effect); there is a small scuff that has left a vague white spot (this about 2 1/2" down and near the fore-edge (and most of the ballooning extends from the fore-edge; rear board has but mild surface rub and only a couple of much smaller ballooning effects; bottom edges of boards display small nicks and dents (nothing egregious); both the front and the rear boards display a touch of weathering at the edges and the fore-edge corner tips are softly bumped - again this is not egregious; the text-block edges are considerably foxed, else clean. / BINDING -- Solid - the paper over the end-paper hinges is not split. / INTERIOR -- There is scattered foxing along some of the leaf edges, and a bit on the title page; the end-papers are considerably toned. there is a small penciled B/2 at the foot of the front free end-paper (possibly a binder's note). At the top fore-edge corner of the front free end-paper is inked in an ornate hand the dated signature of a previous owner. (Wright Miller - May 1894). N° de ref. del artículo 2226

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