The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 1888

A smart copy of this detailed biography of Lord Macaulay — the eminent 19th-century historian, essayist, and politician best known for his History of England and his influential contributions to Whig historiography — presented here in a handsome full calf leather prize-binding from Glasgow Academy.

The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, by His Nephew The Right Hon. Sir George Otto Trevelyan, Bart: New Edition.

Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., London and New York, 1888. 

A very good leather hardback with gilt tooled spine and red morocco title label. Covers with decorative gilt borders and gilt Glasgow Academy prize roundel to front. With mild scuffing and wear. The feathered marble endpapers cracked at inner hinges, but all still soundly bound. Prize label to first pastedown.

The text is in near fine condition - bright and clean throughout, with marbled edges to text block.

Language: English.

xiv + 695pp.

Dimensions: approximately 190mm high x 142mm wide x 55mm deep.

Unpacked weight approximately 1290g (unpacked).