1877 Lord Macaulay Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays - Leather-Bound Set of 3 Volumes

Stunning antique 1877 leather-bound set of Lord Macaulay's *Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays* — six volumes bound in three handsome tomes. Published in New York by Hurd and Houghton and printed at Cambridge's celebrated Riverside Press, this Victorian set carries all the romance of a well-loved library.

Each volume wears a richly gilt-tooled leather spine with raised bands and jewel-toned red and green title labels, paired with marbled paper boards and softly shimmering marbled page edges. Inside, an engraved frontispiece portrait of Lord Macaulay opens the work, and a charming bookplate reads *"From the Library of the McSweeney Family, 1840–1970, Wooster, Ohio,"* a lovely trace of the set's long history. Each book is also signed with “Ada Christmas 1877”.

Beautifully decorative and full of old-world character, this trio is perfect for styling a bookshelf, mantel, or coffee table, layering into a curated vignette, or gifting the collector who treasures antique bindings.

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