[lemma=□] □
[lemma=be] □
The West Asia region is in social , economic and political transition . The main focus of this volume is on the elaborate engravings of each featured " heroine , " interpretations firmly in the sentimental tradition , intended to " give each exquisite creation a ' local habitation ' in the mind 's eye . Stevenson dedicated his Familiar Studies of Men and Books " To Thomas Stevenson , civil engineer , by whose devices the great sea lights in every quarter of the world now shine more brightly , this volume is in love and gratitude dedicated by his son the author . The first volume is from the six-volume autobiography of the chief advisor to Henri IV ( 1559-1641 ) . " Published by Henry Colburn , who would become one of the most prolific fiction publishers in London , this novel is in the fashionable " three-decker " format , and labels indicate it was an ex-library copy from one of the equally fashionable " circulating libraries . The second is from a six-volume text that prints the lives of three French notables during the time of Louis XIV . To complete the American connection , the original is in the Huntington Library , San Marino , California . The London ( 3rd ) edition of 1787 was copied from the " stinking " state , suggesting that the copies of the Edinburgh ( 2nd ) , which were used as copy text for the London edition , were from the end of the print run .