History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Paris.
MAHON, Lord; Edited by Henry Reed.
History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Paris.
First Volume of the First Edition of Lord Mahon's History of England Edited by Henry Reed; From the Library of General William Tecumseh Sherman
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1849.
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First volume of the First American edition of this historical text; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original cloth elaborately stamped in blind. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his son P. T. Sherman’s booklates to the front pastedown. In good condition with some loss to the spine, front and rear panels and toning to the front and rear endpapers, front and rear pastedown, and a few pages of text. General Sherman’s library was inherited by P. T. Sherman, who transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria “Minnie” Ewing Sherman Fitch, before he died. Until now, the book was held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, FRS (30 January 1805 – 24 December 1875), styled Viscount Mahon between 1816 and 1855, was an English antiquarian and Tory politician. He held political office under Sir Robert Peel in the 1830s and 1840s but is best remembered for his contributions to cultural causes and for his historical writings such as this 'History of England.'
