Author: Duff, Mountstuart E Grant
Title: Studies In European Politics
Description: Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh, 1866, 1st edition. Cloth, VG+. xxvi+393pp+2pp publishers adverts, cloth rubbd & frayed to the head of the spine, corners bumped, Ex Public School library with a single bookplate to the pastedown, binders ticket of Burn Kirby St on the rear pastedown. A fair copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ A series of essays, collected as seven chapters, on the political situation in Spain, Russia, Austria, Prussia, Germany, Holland, & Belgium which the author had originally contributed as articles to the 'North British Review', 'National Review' & 'Fraser's Magazine'. Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff [ 1829 - 1906 ] Liberal politician who would shortly after publication of this work be promoted to high office in the Foreign Ministry, largely thanks to his vast knowledge of overseas affairs.

Keywords: politics, history, european history, diplomacy