The Genuine Letters of Junius. To which are prefixed Anecdotes of the Author. Piccadilly.

London: 1771. 8vo. xx + 366 pages. Full calf, spine lettered in gilt on a panel of red. Marbled end papers. The calf is finished in an unusual marbled pattern. Large chip from the upper spine, not affecting the title; upper cover and first blank leaf detached; a clean very good copy otherwise. Early ownership signature of William Thomas Wyld on the verso of the front end paper, and that of a later owner on the detached blank. This issue has a colon after London on the title page. This is the so-called "Piccadilly Edition", a re-issue of the 1771 London edition. The author was assumed by some to be Edmund Burke; later scholarship suggests that it was in fact Sir Philip Francis (1740-1818). The Junius letters were serialized beginning in 1769, and many unauthorized and incomplete editions were issued soon after.