Sartor Resartus.

CARLYLE, Thomas.

$750.00

Item Number: 145348

Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1836.

First American edition of this literary parody of philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and German Idealism. Octavo, full green cloth with branching pattern. In very good condition with sunning to the spine and rear panel, rubbing to the extremities. Housed in a custom clamshell box.

Scottish historian, satirical writer, essayist, translator, and philosopher Thomas Carlyle wrote on a variety of subjects. In his book On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History (1841), he argued that the actions of the "Great Man" play a key role in history, claiming that "the history of the world is but the biography of great men". Other major works include The French Revolution: A History(1837) and The History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, (1858–65). His 1837 history of The French Revolution was the inspiration for Charles Dickens' 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities, and remains popular today.