(British) Landmark Reform Address: Delivered on October 6, 1871. Inscribed

Sir William Vernon Harcourt was a prominent 19th-century British statesman, legal scholar, and Liberal politician. He served as Solicitor General, Home Secretary, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, and famously used the pseudonym "Historicus" when writing influential letters to The Times on international law.  

Key features of this presentation copy include:

 Presentation Inscription ("From the Author"): The handwritten inscription at the top of the title page indicates that this copy was presented directly by Harcourt himself.  

 Landmark Reform Address: Delivered on October 6, 1871, at the Social Science Congress in Leeds while Harcourt served as the Whewell Professor of International Law at Cambridge, this address laid out his vision for sweeping law reform, codification, and legal education improvements.  

 Evocative Burke Preface Quote: The preface opens with an intense quote from Edmund Burke warning of the dangers and political hostility awaiting anyone who attempts structural reform: "The private enemies to be made in all attempts of this kind are innumerable..."  

 Historic Parliamentary Publisher: Printed by P. S. King of Westminster, a leading 19th-century publisher specializing in parliamentary papers, political pamphlets, and economic treatises.
135mm x 215mm

Possibly lacking back wrapper; corners folded and chipped; surface wear.

R1,000