Motley, John Lothrop:

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THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC A HISTORY. First U.S. edition, following the London edition by a couple of weeks. Conscious of the need to publish first in London in order to preserve copyright, Motley submitted his manuscript to John Murray, who considered it but politely declined to undertake it. Motley then arranged for its publication by Chapman, and within the first year, over 17,000 sets were sold, a measure of success that was replicated in kind upon its publication in the United States. This is a characteristic binding for this work, and may very well be the publisher's calf binding reported, but not described, by BAL.

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