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History
The Pictorial History of England. London: Charles Knight, 1837, 4 volumes, 4to, contemporary half calf gilt, black label gilt, rubbed at extremities, mild foxing to endpapers; Macaulay, Lord The History of England. London, 1864, 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt, red and black labels, rubbed, foot of backstrip torn volume I; Speeches. London, 1866, 8vo, matching previous; Historical Essays. London, 1864, 2 volumes, matching previous, foxing; Miscellaneous Writings. London, 1865, matching previous; Shoberl, Frederick The history of the French Revolution. London: Richard Bentley, 1838, 5 volumes, 8vo, 41 plates, contemporary half purple calf gilt, red and black labels, slight rubbing, corners bumped; Heywood, Thomas The life of Merlin, a chorographical history of the Kings of Britain. London: Lackington, Allen & Co, 1813, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, original boards, worn, upper board loose; Alison, Archibald History of Europe from the commencement of the French Revolution. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1844, sixth edition, 10 volumes, 4to, full calf gilt, red and black labels, rubbed, hinges weak; Scott [Sir Walter] The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte. Edinburgh: Ballantyne, 1827, 9 volumes, 8vo, half calf gilt, black labels, title absent in volume I and IX, owners inscription on pp i volume I and II (since pasted over in volume II), pp 3 in volume III, some chipping at extremities and 7 others (40)