Memoir of the life and character of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke; . with specimens of his poetry and letters, and an estimate of his genius and talents, ... By James Prior, Esq.
Sir James Prior (1790?-1869)
Category
Books
Date
1824
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3087582
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., frontis., plates . ill. . 8vo.. Ms. notes and marginal marks in the hand of Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 1838-1928, including v.II, p.494: 'In my humble opinion, when all is said and done, it was left for Macaulay to make rhetoric readable.'. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial armorial bookplate, a re-working of an earlier William Bell Scott pictorial Trevelyan bookplate (Franks 29799) of Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879), lettered: Charles & Mary Trevelyan [i.e. Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan (1870-1958), & Mary Katharine, (m.1904).] Arms: Trevelyan impaling Bell. Not in Franks.. Binding: Nineteenth-century full leather binding; title gilt lettered direct onto spine.
Makers and roles
Sir James Prior (1790?-1869)