Alexis de Tocqueville
De la démocratie en Amérique
Paris, Charles Gosselin et Pagnerre, 1835, 1835, 1848 et 1848.
Complete text of this foundational work of political history and political economy, published in four volumes.The first two volumes are here in their first edition, published in January 1835: only 500 copies were printed of this first printing, which bears no edition statement. The book met with immediate success, exceeding the expectations of the publisher…