Half tan leather binding, marbled paper sides. Condition: Very Good. Edinburgh 1843. 568 pages. Printed by Ballantyne and Hughes. Good firm clean copy. Foxing on end papers. Very minor general wear to the top left-side corner of the cover.
The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal is a substantial mid-nineteenth-century volume of one of Britain’s most influential literary and political periodicals. Issued during the high Victorian era, this volume reflects the Review’s reputation for rigorous criticism and intellectual authority, featuring essays on literature, history, philosophy, economics, and contemporary political affairs written by leading thinkers of the time.
As with other numbers of the Edinburgh Review, the articles are scholarly, opinionated, and deeply engaged with the debates shaping Britain and Europe in the 1840s. Volume 78 offers modern readers and collectors a vivid snapshot of Victorian critical thought, making it an appealing acquisition for historians, scholars of periodical literature, and collectors of early nineteenth-century journals.
Contents include: Life in Mexico, Travels in the Great Western Praries, Sir Isaac Newton and his contemporaries, Parisian morals and manners.
