Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review

Lord Macaulay

Verlag: Longman's, Green, And Co., London, 1895

Beschreibung

An attractive set of 28 essays over four volumes, including discussion of Milton, Machiavelli, Boswell's Life of Jonson and Horace Walpole. All essays were originally published in the Edinburgh Review. Complete in four volumes. A new edition. The Edinburgh Review, founded in 1802, was one of the most influential British magazines of the 19th century. It ceased publication in 1929. Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, 1800 1859, was a British poet, historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer, and on British history. He also held political office as Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841 and Paymaster-General between 1846 and 1848. With armorial prize binding of blue calf and decorative spine. Externally, sound with cracking to the joints, occasional marks to boards and light wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound very bright and clean, with evidence that bookplates to each volume has been removed from each front pastedowns. Very Good Indeed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers SET37-C-1

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Critical and Historical Essays Contributed ...

Verlag: Longman's, Green, And Co., London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1895

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Very Good Indeed

Art des Buches: book