Junius: Including Letters By the Same Writer, Under Other Signatures

Woodfall, H.S.

Published by George Routledge, London/New York, 1878

About this Item

Quarter red leather binding with 5 raised bands and gilt decoration to the back strip. Small damp stain to foredege of front free end paper. Text is clean, tight and complete. Includes his confidential correspondence with Mr Wilkes, and his private letters addressed to Mr H.S.Woodfall. With a preliminary essay, notes and folding fac-similes. Of a Whiggish political bent, the Junius' letters attacked many of George III's reign, including the monarch himself. The first Junius letter appeared in Woodfall's 'Public Advertiser' in Nov, 1768 and they were published periodically through 1772. The original author of the letters has never been satifactorily determined, though current scholarship attributes them to Sir Philip Francis (denied by Woodfall), a clerk in the War Office during the years Junius' letters were appearing in the 'Public Advertiser.' A handsome copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Junius: Including Letters By the Same Writer, Under Other Signatures
• Publisher: George Routledge, London/New York
• Publication Date: 1878
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Issued Without a Dust Jacket