Description
Early 19th-century volume from The Percy Anecdotes, Original and Select, featuring Vol. II: Eloquence; Patriotism. Published in London for J. Cumberland, 19 Ludgate Hill, 1826, this antique volume comes from the 20-volume Percy Anecdotes series issued under the names Sholto and Reuben Percy.
This is a desirable subject volume with strong appeal for collectors of legal history, British political history, rhetoric, oratory, patriotic biography, and decorative antique bindings. The Eloquence section includes engraved title/frontispiece material connected to Thomas Lord Erskine, along with a printed dedication to the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Erskine, K.T., a major British advocate, lawyer, and political figure.
The book is bound in period half leather with marbled boards, gilt spine decoration, and red leather spine labels. It also includes a separate T. Boys title page dated 1823, reflecting the original part-publication history of The Percy Anecdotes.
Highlights:
* Vol. II of The Percy Anecdotes: Eloquence; Patriotism
* Published by J. Cumberland, London, 1826
* Decorative half-leather binding with marbled boards
* Gilt spine detail with red leather title labels
* Includes engraved title/frontispiece material
* Printed dedication to Thomas Lord Erskine, K.T.
* Strong appeal for collectors of legal history, British oratory, political history, and early 19th-century literature
* Attractive individual replacement or subject volume from the 20-volume Percy Anecdotes set
Condition: Antique book with expected age wear, including rubbing to the leather and boards, edge and corner wear, scuffing, areas of leather loss along the spine and edges, foxing, toning, and some staining to pages. The book remains attractive, displayable, and full of early 19th-century character.
A great addition for collectors of antique books, decorative leather bindings, legal history, British political history, Thomas Lord Erskine, rhetoric, oratory, and individual volumes from The Percy Anecdotes.
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