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THE MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS OF LORD MACAULAY In Two Volumes.

by Macaulay [Thomas Babington, First Baron Macaulay] (1800-1859)

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(Printed by Spottswoode & Co. for) Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, London: 1860., 1860 Two Volumes. pp. xvi, 395; vii, 440 + Engraved frontis portrait. 8vo. Some light foxing to preliminary leaves. Handsome full leather binding, decorated in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges gold gilt. Engraved armorial bookplate of Lewis Loyd. A handsome set of the First Edition. Edited by T.F. Ellis, this set includes some of his earliest and latest works, among them: Macaulay's Poems and Inscriptions, 'Criticisms On the Principal Italian Writers', 'Mill On Government', 'Sadler's Law Of Population', 'On Mitford's History Of Greece', Utilitarian Theory Of Government', articles on John Dryden, John Bunyan, Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson, William Pitt, &c. Many of them were originally articles written for the Knights Quarterly Magazine, the Edinburgh Review, and the Encyclopaedia Britannica. A handsome set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SW2 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

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Title
THE MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS OF LORD MACAULAY In Two Volumes.
Author
Macaulay [Thomas Babington, First Baron Macaulay] (1800-1859)
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Hardcover
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1st Edition.
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(Printed by Spottswoode & Co. for) Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, London: 1860.
Date Published
1860
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