Junius: including letters by the same writer, under other signatures, (now first collected.) To which are added, his confidential correspondence, with Mr. Wilkes, and his private letters addressed to Mr. H. S. Woodfall. With a preliminary essay, notes, fac-similes, &c. In three volumes
London: printed by G. Woodfall, for F. C. and J. Rivington; T. Payne; Wilkie and Robinson; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Cadell and Davies; J. Murray; J. Mawman; and R. Baldwin, 1812. First collected edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. xii, *336, 248; xi, [1], xiii, [3], 511, [1] errata; 6 engraved folding facsimiles on 3 sheets; original drab paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spine; vertical crease in the spine on volume I, some chipping along the joints, minor cracking at extremities, corners bumped, but all else very good and sound. "The secret of the authorship of these letters which puzzled the men of the last century still remains unsolved, and it may be added that with our present information it is practically insoluble" (Halkett & Laing III. 327), although current scholarship seems to suggest that they are the work of Sir Philip Francis (1740-1818). "The first of the letters of Junius appeared in Woodfall's Public Advertiser in London, Jan. 21, 1769. Further letters appeared irregularly until 21 Jan. 1772. The series attracted enough attention to make it profitable for various booksellers to bring out editions of the letters before the series was concluded. At least 16 of these unauthorized partial editions were published before the end of 1771. In addition, individual letters were published in other political collections" (NCBEL, II, 1178). Item #66707
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