The Literature of Europe. by HALLAM, Henry

London: John Murray, 1837-39. 4 volume set, 9 inches tall. A beautiful early Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, superb twin labels and extra gilt panels. Twin gilt fillets frame the boards. From the library of Alfred de Rothschild but without his bookplate. 'Introduction to the Literature of Europe, in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries' achieved great success and was reprinted throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A sparkling set.