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Book - Reference Book/History/Scholarship, Francois Guizot, History of The English Revolution of 1640, 1854
... histories are often read as both scholarship and political thought. He was one of the most influential French historians of the nineteenth century.
The translator was William Hazlitt, the English lawyer, author, and translator born in 1811 and died in 1893. He translated and republished several significant continental works into English, and his translation note in this book says he aimed to preserve the author’s meaning and style while checking citations against original sources. He should not be confused with the earlier essayist William Hazlitt, who was his father. Guizot’s history mattered because it brought a major French statesman historian’s interpretation ...
This 1854 William Hazlitt translated edition is a later reissue, not the original first edition. The work is historically important because Guizot treats the English Civil War as a major turning point in the broader development of constitutional government and European political history. The subject 1854 copy records show the English translation appeared before 1854, with editions by D. Bogue in 1846 and 1848, and the 1854 David Bogue issue is another later edition. The 1854 title page in digitised copies also identifies it as a “new edition” in one-volume form, which further indicates it is a later printing rather than the first.
History of The English Revolution of 1640
From the Accession of Charles 1 to his Death
Author: F. Guizot, translated by William Hazitt
Publisher: David Bogue
Date: 1854non-fictionThis 1854 William Hazlitt translated edition is a later reissue, not the original first edition. The work is historically important because Guizot treats the English Civil War as a major turning point in the broader development of constitutional government and European political history. The subject 1854 copy records show the English translation appeared before 1854, with editions by D. Bogue in 1846 and 1848, and the 1854 David Bogue issue is another later edition. The 1854 title page in digitised copies also identifies it as a “new edition” in one-volume form, which further indicates it is a later printing rather than the first.
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