LIFE OF LORD JEFFREY, with a Selection from His Correspondence; MEMORIALS OF HIS TIME; [and] JOURNAL OF HENRY COCKBURN: Being a Continuation of the Memorials of His Time, 1831-1854
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1852-1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Primary works of the Scottish advocate, judge, and diarist, whose Memorials of his Time (1856) remains one of the most vivid and attractive accounts of Scottish politics and Edinburgh society and culture in what Lord Cockburn (1779-1854) called "the last purely Scotch age". A well-connected Whig who spent his whole life in Edinburgh, a successful and talented criminal advocate, Cockburn was a founder member of the Edinburgh Review. Octavo, five volumes: v, [1, blank], 435, [1, blank] pp. + [ii], vii, [1, blank], 467, [1, blank] pp. + viii, 470, [errata] pp. + [ii], ix, [3], 349, [1, blank] pp. + ix, [1, blank], 355, [1, blank] pp. with two frontispieces and three facsimiles. In one-quarter green calf over marbled paper bindings, with red and brown morocco spine labels, five raised bands, gilt-stamped titling, borders, and ornaments. All edges marbled, with matching marbled endpapers. Just a hint of foxing to the prefatory and concluding leaves. The spines are toned, more so the latter three, with some general edgewear; else very good. Very good. Item #80950
Price: $300.00