THIERS, Adolphe. History of the French Revolution. Published in Paris by Furne et Cie in 1838. 10 volumes in-8, havana half-chagrin, smooth spine decorated with cold-stamped fillets, gilded fillets and fleurons, titling and tomaison in gold lettering, speckled edges. Contemporary binding. XX and 395 pp; 479; 399; 414; 419; 399; 391; 437; 427; 452 pp, 47 black-and-white engravings (5 in vol. 1; 6 in vol. 2; 3 in vol. 3; 5 in vol. 4; 7 in vol. 5; 6 in vol. 6; 3 in vol. 7; 4 in vol. 8; 3 in vol. 9 and 5 in vol. 10) including 9 frontispiece portraits and a folding map of the Italian campaign (1796) engraved by Ambroise Tardieu at the end of vol. X. Minor rubbing, some light white marks on boards, 2 corners trimmed in volume 1 and one corner damaged in volume 5. Minor scattered foxing. Seventh edition of this important history of the French Revolution by the French journalist, historian and statesman Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877). First published in successive volumes from 1823 to 1827, it met with great success and was hailed by Chateaubriand, Sainte-Beuve and Stendhal. The present edition opens with an introduction to the author's acceptance speech to the Académie française (1834), in which Thiers declares "I have devoted ten years of my life to writing the history of our immense revolution; I have written it without hatred, without passion, with a lively love...". Beautiful, homogeneous set of the first complete history of the Revolution, complete in 10 volumes.