This handsome book contains biographies and speeches from prominent statesmen such as the Earl of Strafford, Lord Belhaven, Sir Robert Walpole, Lord Chesterfield, William Pitt, Edmund Burke, and others. 947 pages; 6 inches x 9 inches. Bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards, gilt spine lettering and raised bands on the spine. Small ex-lib spine label remnants. Bookplate on front inner board. Marbled endpapers. Some foxing. Inscriptions on front endpapers.
- Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most Eminent Orators of Great Britain for the Last Two Centuries
- Chauncey A. Goodrich, ed.
- Harper & Brothers, 1852
