Junius — Letters of Junius

London, C. Daly, 1836. Cloth. A smart copy of this collection of letters critical of the government of King George III from the anonymous "Junius". Scarce edition. With a frontispiece and title vignette. A collection of private and open letters critical of the government of King George III from an anonymous polemicist, as well as other letters in-reply from people to whom Junius had written between 1769 and 1772. The pseudonym may have been chosen because the same author had already signed Lucius and Brutus to other works, and wished to exhaust the name of Lucius Junius Brutus, the Roman patriot who led the overthrow of the Roman monarchy. Claimed by some to be Philip Francis, an Irish-born British politician and pamphleteer, the true identity has never been formally verified. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and minor age toning to the extremities. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good . Ill.: None. Good .