Democracy in America by de Tocqueville, Alexis; translated by Henry Reeve - 1864

Cambridge, MA: Sever and Francis, 1864. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Cambridge, MA: Sever and Francis, 1864. Fourth edition. Near Fine. This is the 1864 two volume, large paper edition, limited to 100 sets. Volume I is 559 pages. Volume 2 is 499 pages. (Both volumes 6.75 x 9.5 inches) Both volumes have been rebound in dark crimson buckram with gold lettering, as one might expect for a library, but not library copies. Bindings nice and bright and clean (not library copies), very minor creases on spines, still fine. Full title pages in both volumes, no other preliminaries. Edges trimmed for the binding but retaining the large margins. Early owner's signature (O.W. Shaw) in pencil on the first volume title page. The contents of both volumes are fresh and clean, very high quality paper with no foxing, pages very flexible, not at all brittle. Nice Civil War-era set of this classic and rare in this large format edition of 100.