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circa 22 x 14,3 cm., Portrait, VIII, 1026 pp:, VIII, 948 pp. Polished with ample gilding to spines, edges, covers, inner edges etc, marbled endpaper Large monograph on the politician and classicist, volume 1: 1809 - 1872 - volume 2: 1872 - 1898. - Some browning due to the quality of the paper, else clean and fine. Very elegant bindings, both signed in inner front cover: Howell, Liverpool.