August Bockh. Published by Veit und Comp., Berlin, 1838. xxviii + 482 pages.  124 x 216mm.  Contemporary half-calf, with raised bands and red gilt label.  Corners worn.  Front and back hinges broken, but cover not loose and binding tight.  Some spotting and foxing, otherwise good.  With the bookplate of George Cornewall Lewis.

Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet PC was a British statesman and man of letters. He is best known for preserving the peace in 1862 when the British cabinet debated intervention into the American Civil War. [Wikipedia]
Born: 21 April 1806, London
Died: 13 April 1863, Radnorshire.