"Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all."
— Abraham Lincoln

London: G. Vickers and others, 1845. [Literature / History] Two volumes, octavo (23 x 16cm). With engraved frontispiece. Tan half calf with twin red and green title labels, full gilt backs, marbled sides. Some minor spotting/toning, bindings nicely aged with some rubbing, gilt dulled/rubbed in places. Shows well. Statesman and..... More