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Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole, selected from his correspondence and papers, and connected with the history of the times, from 1678 to 1757. Illustrated with portraits. Second edition. Corrected and enlarged.
MEMOIRS OF WALPOLE
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1808.
2 vols., 8vo (8½" tall). Half calf with gilt bands on
spine. Twin green and black labels with unusual gilt
banner motif, gilt patterned tooling to panels.
Marbled boards.
An unusual and very pretty binding of Coxe's classic
biography of the diplomat and Whig politician. Lord
Walpole played a leading role in the 18th-century Whig
supremacy, especially during the long reign of his
younger brother, Sir Robert Walpole, as Prime Minister.
£350.00
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