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TOCQUEVILLE (ALEXIS DE)
De la démocratie en Amérique, 2 vol. (without the 2 supplementary volumes of 1840), FIRST EDITION, Paris, Gosselin, 1835

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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TOCQUEVILLE (ALEXIS DE)

De la démocratie en Amérique, 2 vol. (without the 2 supplementary volumes of 1840), FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies printed, hand-coloured folding lithographed map, browned, short tear to map without loss, contemporary French quarter calf, rubbed, 8vo, Paris, Gosselin, 1835

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"Gosselin... a fini par dire qu'il tirerait seulement à 500 exemplaires" (Tocqueville to Beaumont, 14 July 1834; OC, vol. 8, i, pp.140-41).

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