HAZLITT, William. The Eloquence of the British Senate; or, Select Specimens from the speeches of the most distinguished Parliamentary Speakers, London: Thomas Ostell and J. Murray, 1807-08, 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION (heavy stains to title and preliminaries); Notes of a Journey through France and Italy, London: Hunt and Clarke, 1826, 8°, FIRST EDITION, second issue with frontispiece (some marginal browning); together 2 works in 3 volumes, uniformly bound by Tout in emerald green half morocco gilt (spines faded), t.e.g. [Keynes 5; 6; 94] (3)

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HAZLITT, William. The Eloquence of the British Senate; or, Select Specimens from the speeches of the most distinguished Parliamentary Speakers, London: Thomas Ostell and J. Murray, 1807-08, 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION (heavy stains to title and preliminaries); Notes of a Journey through France and Italy, London: Hunt and Clarke, 1826, 8°, FIRST EDITION, second issue with frontispiece (some marginal browning); together 2 works in 3 volumes, uniformly bound by Tout in emerald green half morocco gilt (spines faded), t.e.g. [Keynes 5; 6; 94] (3)

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To his compilation of parliamentary speeches, Hazlitt added biographical notes, mostly short, but particularly celebrated for the group of full-length comparative studies of Burke, Fox, Pitt and Chatham.

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