History of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon...
Alison, Sir Archibald,
£150.00
‘History of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV
to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII’ (Vols I - VI + Index).
By Sir Archibald Alison, Bart.
History of Europe 1815-52 by Sir Archibald Alison, Bart. Volumes I – VI; 6 consecutive volumes (from a series of 8), plus index volume – 7 books in total. Published by William Blackwood and Sons, London, 1852. 8vo; 8 ¾” H x 6” W; Half bound in leather, with leather corners, raised bands and combed marbled paper to the outer boards; Combed marbled boards to outer page edges and endpapers. Boards & spine rubbed, leather scuffed; All pages present; Volumes are tight, bright and clean. Silk ribbon place marker in each volume; Vol 1 has inscription ‘With the publishers compliments’ in ink, no futher inscriptions or bookplates; Small embossed booksellers stamp on endpaper – ‘J. Galt & Co, Booksellers to the Queen. Manchester’.
Vol 1; pub 1852; xxv 603pp; Preface & 6 chapters (I – VI). Vol 2; pub 1854; xx 740pp; 6 chapters (VII – XII). Vol 3; pub 1854; xx 754pp; 7 chapters (XIII – XIX). Vol 4; pub 1855; xx 694pp; 7 chapters (XX – XXVI). Vol 5; pub 1856; xx 689pp; 7 chapters (XXVII – XXXIII). Vol 6; pub 1857; xviii 680; 7 chapters (XXXIV – XL). Index Volume; pub 1859; 319pp; Double column print.
A comprehensive account of the history of Europe written during, and just after the times that are documented, this was a huge undertaking by the prominent Scottish advocate and historian, Sir Archibald Alison (1792 –1867). The books are still of great interest today because of their scope, detail, and date of publication.
“The periods which have passed over during the thirty seven years of European national peace – from the Fall of Napoleon in 1815, to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in 1852 – are not so vividly marked as those which occurred during the wars of the French Revolution, but they have a distinctness of their own, and the changes in which they terminated were not less important. The resumption of cash payments in England in 1819 was not, to outward appearance, so striking an event as the battle of Austerlitz, but it was followed by results of equal permanent importance. The Reform Bill was not the cause of so visible a change in human affairs as the battle of Wagram, but it was attended with consequences equally grave and lasting.” v-vi Preface.
A scarce publication of 6 consecutive volumes from a series of 8, plus an index. Each volume was individually published upon completion.