George Selwyn and His Contemporaries by John Heneage Jesse, 1882

George Selwyn and His Contemporaries by John Heneage Jesse provides a lively account of 18th-century British society centred around George Selwyn, the politician, wit and well-connected observer of Georgian life. This four-volume edition was published in London by Bickers & Son, Leicester Square, in 1882. Each volume contains more than 400 pages and is leather bound. An interesting Victorian edition of a work particularly valued for its anecdotes, correspondence and insights into the social and political circles of Georgian Britain.