Stat Nominis Umbra
hardcover
1801 · London
by JUNIUS
London: Vernor & Hood, 1801. hardcover. very good(+). 2 volumes. Engraved frontispieces & title vignettes (dated 1797); in-text woodcuts by Bewick and fine stipple portraits by Ridley throughout. xxxi, 274; vi, 318, [2]pp. 8vo, handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf with gilt-stamped borders and spines; expertly recased. London: Printed by T. Bensley for Vernor and Hood, et al, 1801. Some light foxing throughout, still a very good(+) pair in a rather attractive binding. The letters of "Junius," originally appearing in the "Public Advertiser" from November of 1768 to January of 1772, represent one of the great mysteries of English literature. No author ever claimed credit for these letters, though they were ascribed to every prominent Whig of the period... Sir Philip Francis (1740-1818), who was a clerk in the War Office when the "Junius" letters were written, is generally considered to be the mystery writer, though he denied this association to the end of his life. (Inventory #: 272317)