The Life And Death Of John Of Barneveld, Advocate Of Holland; With A View of The Primary Causes And Movements of The Thirty Years' War. (2 volume set).

London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1874.. A very good two volume set in matching full leather bindings by "Bickers & Son" . First edition. 8.75" x 5.75" x 1.25" 8vo. Navy blue polished calf. Edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Spines 5 raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and original tan leather title and volume labels. Top & tail of spines lightly rubbed. Marbled page edges and matching marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate to the verso of each front board: "John W. Buxton". Clean text throughout. G+ ** "John Lothrop Motley (April 15, 1814 � May 29, 1877) was an American author, best known for his two popular histories The Rise of the Dutch Republic and The United Netherlands. He was also a diplomat, who helped to prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederates in the American Civil War. n 1846, Motley had begun to plan a history of the Netherlands, in particular the period of the United Provinces, and he had already done a large amount of work on this subject when, finding the materials at his disposal in the United States inadequate, he went with his wife and children to Europe in 1851. The next five years were spent at Dresden, Brussels, and The Hague in investigation of the archives, which resulted in 1856 in the publication of The Rise of the Dutch Republic, which became very popular. It speedily passed through many editions and was translated into Dutch, French, German, and Russian. In 1860, Motley published the first two volumes of its continuation, The United Netherlands. This work was on a larger scale and embodied the results of a still greater amount of original research. It was brought down to the truce of 1609 by two additional volumes, published in 1867... Motley again went to live in England, where the Life and Death of John Barneveld, Advocate of Holland: with a View of the Primary Causes and Movements of the Thirty Years War appeared in two volumes in 1874. Ill health now began to interfere with his literary work, and he died at Kingston Russell House, near Dorchester, Dorset, leaving three daughters. He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London." - See Wikipedia *** "Francis William Buxton was born on 5 August 1847. He was the son of Sir Edward North Buxton, 2nd Bt. and Catherine Gurney. He married Hon. Mary Emma Lawrence, daughter of John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence of the Punjaub and of Grately and Harriette Katherine Hamilton, on 27 February 1872. He died on 14 November 1911 at age 64. He graduated from Cambridge University, with a Master of Arts (M.A.) He was a practising barrister. He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for the County of London. He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Hertfordshire. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Andover between 1880 and 1885. He was a Public Works Loan Commissioner in 1893. He was a member of the London School Board between 1899 and 1904." - See The Peerage