Democracy in America (De la démocratie en Amérique)

The dominant trap is the made-up set rather than a book club. Part One sold so well that Gosselin reissued it repeatedly — it had reached its third edition within the year and its eighth edition by the time Part Two appeared in April 1840. Four-volume sets in uniform contemporary binding that are first edition throughout are consequently rare, and sets are routinely assembled by pairing genuine 1840 Part Two volumes with later-numbered reprints of the 1835 Part One. Check the edition statement on every volume independently, and confirm the folding hand-coloured map is present in the 1835 volume.