CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review ( Complete 3 Volume Set )

Macaulay, Thomas Babington

Published by Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, Paternoster Row, London, 1848

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Fifth Edition, 1848. Complete Set of 3 Volumes. Vol. I includes Essays on Milton, Machiaveli, Civil Disabilities of the Jews, Southey's Colloquies & Pilgrim's Progress & Lord Nugent'sMemorials of Hampden. 490 Pages + Publisher's Adverts. Vol. II includes Walpole & Pitt, 503 Pages and Vol III. includes Sir William Temple & Lord Clive. 466 Pages. Contemporary Brown cloth covers with blind embossed decoration on fronts & backs. Spines have plain brown cloth overlaid which overlaps the boards by 3/4" , obscuring some of their decoration. Original cloth with Gilt Titles reliad on the plain cloth (see photos). 9" Tall. NIce old Heraldic Bookplates pasted on endpapers (John G. Coles) and smae name penciled in corner of ffeps Corners worns and some rubbling and a little loss of colour to boards. Ink stain to rear corner of one board. Hinges cracked on Vol I and one hinge on Vol III (Reinforced now with white hinge tape). Pages slightly age darkened around margins. An occasional very lightly penciled note in margin on a few pages otherwise pages in nice, clean condition. Set Weighs 2.3 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review ( Complete 3 Volume Set )
• Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, Paternoster Row, London
• Publication Date: 1848
• Binding: Decorative Cloth
• Condition: Good
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