The first edition of this posthumously published monograph on the life and teachings of Aristotle by the classical historian George Grote (1794-1871), Vice-Chancellor of the University of London.

Following Grote's death in 1871 it was left to the Scottish philosophers Alexander Bain and George Croom Robertson to ready the surviving manuscript material for publication the succeeding year.

With provenance for the Liberal MP Richard Fothergill (1822-1903). He was elected to the House of Commons in 1868 for the constituency of Merthyr Tydfil, following the expansion of the suffrage with the passing of the Second Reform Act the previous year.

First edition; 2 vols; 8vo (22.5 x 15.5 cm); ads to rear of vol. II, bookplate to front pastedowns, bookbinder's ticket to rear pastedowns, light spotting; publisher's blue cloth by Edmonds & Remnants of London, covers ruled in blind, spines lettered in gilt, top-edges unopened, others uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, very good; xii, [2], 476; [4], 468, 20[ads]pp.