PARKER, Edward G.

REMINISCENCES OF RUFUS CHOATE. The Great American Advocate.

New York. Mason Brothers. 1860. Enlarged into two vols. pp. 246; 247 - 522. Frontis and facsimile as called for. An additional 81 plates all with tissue guards. 8vo. Full morocco with gilt decoration. All edges gilt, Cloth slip case, slightly rubbed. The binding is by W. Root and Son, London. The extra illustrations are of persons mentioned in the text and range from English Poets - Milton, Pope, Byron; American Presidents - Washington & Jefferson; Actors - Kean & Macready; Heads of State - Charles II, Napoleon I & III to fellow lawyers - William Pinkney & Chief Justice Holt . A very attractive set. Dictionary of American Biography. Rufus Choate, 1799 - 1859, Lawyer & Statesman. Books were Choate’s chied relaxation, and he possessed a private library of more than 8000 volumes. E. P. Whipple described his illegible hand-writing as resembling “ the tracks of wildcats with their claws dipped in ink, madly dashing over the surface of a folio sheet of white paper.”

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