John Lothrop Motley. A Memoir

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Octavo, brown cloth lettered in gilt; top edge gilt; corners rubbed, with; slight discoloration to bottom right covers. First edition, "large-paper" issue of 516 copies, with each page enclosed in a frame of printer's rules. Although the title page bears the date 1879, the volume actually appeared in December 1878. BAL 8933; Tilton pp. 172, 173. A presentation copy, inscribed: "Hon. John Jay, with the respects of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Dec. 25th 1878," on the front free endpaper ---- John Jay, grandson of the Supreme Court Chief Justice, worked tirelessly on behalf of the abolitionist movement, notably acting as counsel for black fugitives after the enactment of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, and later served as the United States minister to Austria-Hungary under President Ulysses Grant. Meanwhile, the historian-diplomat Motley, close friends with both Holmes and Jay, served as United States minister to the Austrian Empire as well as ambassador to the United Kingdom, until removed by Grant. In 1877, Motley passed away. The same year Jay published a moving tribute, "Motley's Appeal to History," and two years later Holmes published his eulogistic "John Lothrop Motley. A Memoir," which drew much praise from the press. A compelling triple association copy with a distinguished provenance. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-7045959758

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