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Trevelyan, Sir George Otto.
The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay.
Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co., London;
Date of Publication: 1901
Stock Code: 14630
Second Edition of the 1899 original. Octavo, pp., xiv, 704. Prize binding in superb full polished tree calf by Riviere and Son; spine on five bands, titled in gilt to red morocco spine labels, rolls and ornaments in gilt to compartments; armorial in gilt to upper board with border of gilt rolls, gilt rolls to board edges and turn-ins; all edges marbled, marbled end-papers. Very slight shelf-wear to spine-tips, and slight wear to upper joint; top edge dusty. Contents clean, bright, and fresh. A near-fine copy. A handsome copy of the biography of historian, poet, and politician Thomas Babbington MacAulay, 1st Baron (1800-59), best known for his infuential Whiggish ‘History of England’ (1848). £85.00