Lives of the Norths (1890)
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Lives of the Norths (1890)
by Roger North
Full Title: The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford; The Hon. Sir Dudley North; and The Hon. and Rev. Dr. John North. Together with the Autobiography of the Author.
Edited by Augustus Jessopp, D.D.
7 x 4 ½. In English. Published by George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden, London, 1890. Three Volumes. Complete. Very attractive contemporary polished, quarter calf over marbled boards. Minor wear to extremities and joints. Some soiling to upper page edges. Otherwise, very clean. Corners still sharp. Five raised bands with very elaborate gilt in compartments. Black morocco labels. Marble paste downs. Half-title as well as engraved frontispiece to each volume. Tissue separating title page. Save for title pages, which present some very light foxing, text blockmostly very crisp and clean. A sound and very pleasing copy. Bindings especially bright.
Roger North was the sixth son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North and his wife Anne Montagu and was the brother of Francis North and Dudley North. He became King's Counsel and a Bencher of Middle Temple in 1682. North later developed a good practice at the bar, helped by his elder brother Francis who became Lord Chancellor. During the Popish Plot (Queen Anne accused him of treason), while Francis succumbed to the prevailing ant-Catholic hysteria, he remained detached and skeptical. Although he was always loyal to his brother's memory, North admitted that during the plot that many "wise men behaved like stark fools.” The Glorious Revolution stopped North’s advancement, and he retired to his estate of Rougham in Suffolk.
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