Junius Vols Complete (2 results)

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. 252pp. 284pp.Vey well illustarted - 21 full page portrait plates. Interesting literature reference/interest.A good pair - full leather binding with the title on the spine. PARROTT BOOKS - established for over 20 years offering a prompt friendly and efficient service.

London: [S.n.] Printed in the Year 1783. 2 vols. (illustrator). London: [S.n.] Printed in the Year 1783. 2 vols. The Letters of Junius: A Masterpiece of Political Invective and Mystery, A Notable Edition in a Handsome Contemporary Binding Junius. The Letters of the Celebrated Junius. A More Complete Edition than Any Yet Published. London: [S.n.] Printed in the Year 1783 [M,DCC,LXXXIII]. 2 volumes. [ii], v, vii, ix-xii, 263, [1]; [2], vi, 315, [1] pp. 12mo (6-3/4" x 4"; 17 x 10 cm). Contemporary tree calf, gilt spines with red morocco lettering pieces and black morocco oval volume labels, gilt tooling to board edges. Negligible light rubbing and a few minor nicks and scratches to boards, small scuff to rear board of Volume II, somewhat heavier rubbing to extremities, rear joints of Volume I just starting at ends, small chip to foot of its spine, corners bumped and lightly worn. Light toning to interior, offsetting to margins of endleaves, faint inscription in contemporary hand (in pencil) to front pastedown of Volume I, calculation in another contemporary hand (in ink) to its front free endpaper. A very good set in strikingly handsome contemporary bindings. $250. * Later edition. Who was Junius? To this day, the identity of the author behind these 69 scathing letters remains one of literature's greatest unsolved mysteries. Originally published between 1769 and 1771 in London's Public Advertiser, these letters leveled fearless attacks against the highest powers of the British establishment, including the Duke of Grafton, Sir William Blackstone and Lord Mansfield. The letters were collected in several editions, some before 1772 and several afterwards. Our 1783 edition was based on the 1772 edition by Henry Sampson Woodfall [1739-1805], which was produced under Junius's authorization and, it appears, supervision. Publishing these letters was a radical and dangerous act; Woodfall was famously tried for seditious libel. Though a jury found him guilty, a mistrial declared by Lord Mansfield-one of the very men Junius attacked-allowed Woodfall to narrowly escape imprisonment. English Short-Title Catalogue N510368.