INTRODUCTION TO THE LITERATURE OF EUROPE IN THE FIFTEENTH, SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES

Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1839. Two volumes. Large, thick octavos. Three quarter contemporary pebbled morocco and boards (quite worn at edge and joints, but internally sound). Occasional foxing, but internally very good. Bookplates. First Paris edition (in English), following the four volume London publication extending from 1837-9. Laid in is a 2 1/2pp. a.l.s. from Hallam to an unnamed recipient, octavo, Witton [?] Crescent, 22 Jan. 1842 (or 52) in which he thanks the recipient for pointing out inaccuracies in his CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND: "I am sincerely obliged to you & I consider your criticisms worth a thousand eulogies...." NCBEL III:1459. (Inventory #: WRCLIT30039)