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London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1901. Item #06461
Macaulay’s Masterpiece of Historical Prose: Essays on Chatham in an Elegant Morrocco Binding
MACAULAY, Thomas Babbington. Macaulay's Two Essays on the Earl of Chatham. London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1901.
Octavo (8 5/8 x 6 7/8 inches; 219 x 175 mm.). iv, 276 pp.
Bound ca. 1960 in three quarter brown morocco over pink cloth boars ruled in gilt, spine with two raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, tope edge gilt, others uncut, spine somewhat faded. A very good, attractive copy.
A well-presented edition of Macaulay’s celebrated essays on William Pitt, the Elder, Earl of Chatham, first published in the Edinburgh Review and widely regarded among the finest examples of nineteenth-century historical prose.
Macaulay’s vivid, rhetorical style - combining narrative force with strong moral judgment - did much to shape the Victorian understanding of Chatham as the great imperial statesman of Britain’s eighteenth century.
Issued by Arthur L. Humphreys, a publisher known for producing tasteful editions of English literary and historical works, this volume reflects the continued popularity of Macaulay’s essays at the turn of the twentieth century, when his works were staples of both private libraries and educational reading.
Price: $250.00