The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon, with Selections from His Correspondence. Complete Set in Three Vols.
London: John Murray, 1844. Second Edition. Leather bound. Three volumes. 8vo. Vol. I: 514 pp. Vol. II: xi, 614 pp. Vol. III: viii, 516 pp. Frontis. engraved portrait with tissue guard in each volume. Illustrated with a plate or two per volume, all with tissue guards. Bound in three-quarter brown fine pebble-grain morocco over brown pebble-grain cloth. Gilt lettering and rules stamped on spines, with five raised bands. All edges marbled. Corners a trifle worn, and with some scattered foxing. Former owner's return address label on each front pastedown. A handsome, sturdy set. Very Good+. Item #1578
An exceptionally fresh set. Lord Eldon (1751-1838), the first to hold the title, was a zealous anti-Catholic with affinity for most high Tory platforms. Drinking, perhaps, being one of them. Per Douglas Sutherland ("Raise Your Glasses"), "the learned Lord Eldon and his brother Lord Stowell used to boast that they had drunk more port than any two men in England." No small feat in that era of heavy drinking. Bookseller inventory A05043X35L.
Price: $250.00