Description: Easton Press leather edition Will and Ariel Durant's "Rousseau and Revolution: The Story of Civilization, Volume 10," a COLLECTOR'S edition, published in 1992. Bound in camel tan leather, the book has camel tan moire silk end leaves, Symth-sewn binding, acid-free paper, a satin book marker, hubbed spine, gold gilding on three edges---in near FINE condition---except for 'very minor' imperfection to top gilt---mentioned for accuracy. Will Durant, who lived from 1885 – 1981, was born in Massachusetts to French-Canadian parents. This volume is the History of Civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the Remainder of Europe from 1715-1789. In the 18th century, Europe was ready for a gospel that would exalt feeling above thought. It was tired of restraints of customs, conventions, manners, and laws. While VOLTAIRE was being idolized on the stage and in the Academy, and while ROUSSEAU, berated and despised, hid in obscurity in Paris, the age of Rousseau began. Durant discusses THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, DENNIS DIDEROT; GEORGE I, II, and III, KINGS OF ENGLAND; Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS, WILLIAM PITT, the YOUNGER, GEORGE ROMNEY, DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON, MARIE ANTOINETTE, JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON, VOLTAIRE, GEORGE WASHINGTON, IMMANUEL KANT, FREDERICK THE GREAT, JOHANN GOETHE, GUSTAVUS III, LORD GEORGE GORDON, JAMES II, WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, ADAM SMITH, HORACE WALPOLE, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, DUKE OF WELLINGTON, BARON TURGOT, AUGUSTUS STANISLAS II, LAURENCE STERNE, JACQUS NECKER, JONATHAN SWIFT, BARON HOLBACH, JOHANN GOTTFRIED HERDER, GUSTAVUS III, KING OF SWEDEN; HENRY II, KING OF FRANCE; PHILIP IV, PHILIP V, KINGS OF SPAIN; PETER I, II, and III, CZARS of RUSSIA; WILLIAM PITT, NAPOLEON I, EMPEROR OF FRANCE; JOHANN MOZART, BARON MONTESQUIEU, MARIA THERESA, RULER OF AUSTRIA, HUNGARY, and BOHEMIA; MARQUISE JEANNE POMPADOUR, EDWARD GIBBON, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, CATHERINE THE GREAT, the CATHOLIC CHURCH, the FRENCH ACADEMY, the JEWS; and Others. The last chapter discusses France facing a famine and the price of bread an irritating issue with housewives and wholesalers. Early on July 14, 1789, a crowd of eight thousand men invaded the Hotel des Invalides, captured 32,000 muskets, some powder, and twelve pieces of artillery. Suddenly someone cried out, "TO THE BASTILLE"---not to release prisoners---but to force LOUIS XVI to change. "Why, exclaimed the King, "this is a revolt!" No, Sire, said the Duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, "it is a revolution." 1091 pages, including a Bibliographic Guide and an Index----a detailed HISTORY! I offer combined shipping.
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Binding: Leather
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Publisher: Easton Press
Subject: History & Biography
Year Printed: 1992
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: Period Photographs
Special Attributes: Luxury Edition
Region: Near East
Author: Will Durant
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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Rousseau and Revolution, 1715-1789
Character Family: Cardinals, Pope, Kings
