"History of France" by Francois Guizot and Henriette Guizot de Witt, translated by Robert Black, with A Supplementary Chapter on Recent Events by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine. Complete in 8 volumes. Published by Peter Fenelon Collier, New York, 1898. First edition with MDCCCXCVIII on the title page and copyright 1898.

Hard boards, original red cloth [a little soiling], gold lettering on spines, 6" x 8.1/2"; each volume is paginated separately [c. 400+ pages in each volume] + several illustrations on glossy paper, Index to all 8 volumes is at the end of the eighth volume; stamp of J. Griff Edwards on fep + 1st chapter page in each volume, a little foxing, very good condition.

Provenance:

From the library of John Griff Edwards, Portsmouth, Virginia. His stamp is on the front endpaper and 1st chapter page in each volume.

John Griff Edwards (1870-1912) belonged to the old established settler families in Virginia. His father and uncles served in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. The grandfather, LeRoy Griffin Edwards (1804-1866), was the president of the Confederate Convention of 1864. John's wife, Mrs. J. Griff Edwards founded and led the first of the United Confederate Choirs of America (1907). After that she was elected the "Commander in Chief of the United Confederate Choirs." In 1911 she published a volume titled "Echoes From Dixie A Collection of Songs Used in the South."

Francois Guizot (1787-1874), French political figure and historian who, as leader of the conservative constitutional monarchists during the July Monarchy (1830-48), was the dominant minister in France. Guizot's father was executed by the National Convention in 1794, and Guizot went into exile with his mother. In 1805, after six years in Geneva, Guizot returned to Paris, where he studied law and frequented anti-Napoleonic literary circles. In 1812 he was appointed professor of history at the University of Paris.

Guizot spent the years 1820–30 mostly in historical research, producing works such as Histoire de la civilisation en Europe, (1828; General History of Civilization in Europe), and Histoire de la civilisation en France, 5 vol. (1829–32; "The History of Civilization in France"). His historical interpretations generally reflected his political attachment to limited representation and constitutional monarchy. In the July Monarchy, Guizot, as a leader of the conservatives, and his liberal rival and fellow historian Adolphe Thiers set the pace for political life. In 1832-37 Guizot was minister of education and was responsible for the so-called Guizot law (1833), which established the principle that secular primary education should be accessible to all citizens.

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