Prose masterpieces from modern essayists . comprising twelve unabridged essays by Irving, Lamb, De Quincey, Emerson, Arnold, Morley, Lowell, Carlyle, Macauley, Froude, Freeman, and Gladstone. With twelve portraits in permanent photography.
Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
Category
Books
Date
1896
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038853
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10],395,[1]p. . ports.. . 8vo.. Previous shelfmark: B.2.8. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 535.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on fly-leaf: "Ririd Myddelton. A2. First prize. December 1914. RM." [i.e. Ririd Myddelton (1902-1988)].. Binding: School prize binding: gold-tooled tree calf, with centrepiece stamp of 'Lockers Park'. Marbled edges and endpapers.
Makers and roles
Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881) Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) The Rt Hon. William Ewart Gladstone MP (1809-1898) Washington Irving (1783-1859). Charles Lamb (1775-1834) James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Edward Augustus Freeman (1823-1892) James Anthony Froude (1818-1894) John Morley (1838-1923) George Haven Putnam (1844-1930)