{"product_id":"124997","title":"A Manual of the History of the Political System of Europe and its Colonies,","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eA handsome Eton Prize copy of this English-language translation of the German historian Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren's (1760-1842) \u003cem\u003eGeschichte des europäischen Staatensystems\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeeren was professor of philosophy and history at the University of Göttingen, where this account of the European state system was first published in 1800. This copy was presented to the Conservative politician Michael Hicks Beach whilst he was at Eton Colle in 1853. Hicks Beach would go on to become Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Salisbury administration, and was later raised to the peerage first as Viscount St Aldwyn in 1909, and later 1st Earl St Aldwyn in 1915.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e8vo (22.5 x 15 cm); presentation inscription to front fly-leaf; contemporary tan calf, covers ruled in gilt, gilt spine in 6 compartments, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges, slightly rubbed with the odd abrasion, very good; xxxii, 540pp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"HEEREN, Arnold Hermann Ludwig.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57560805474679,"sku":"124997","price":203.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/124997_01.jpg?v=1792083065","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/124997","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}