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as new, pp. xvii, (4), 532, and xvii, (2), 1141, vg in red/cloth with gilt titles, 2 volumes, ““Stating that no comprehensive historical dictionary on the French Revolution exists in English, the editors present an alphabetically arranged compendium of 525 articles on persons, events, places, laws, and other aspects of the Revolution for both students and scholars. Each article contains a bibliography of one to seven titles, and cross-references are given. Length varies from a few lines to several pages. There are also lists of contributors and journal abbreviations, and a chronology. Major figures are well covered. Biographies also include important foreign leaders and thinkers…. Many entries are translated; others are left in French. … The excellent bibliographies would be even more useful in a single list. The book generally achieves its stated purpose. For most academic and large public libraries.”