The works of Edmund Burke . with a biographical and critical introduction by Henry Rogers.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
Category
Books
Date
1842
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3145640
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 8vo. Provenance: a prize awarded to Henry Stewart by Trinity College, Dublin; nineteenth century printed armorial bookplate with arms of Trinity College, Dublin, with caption "Coll. Sanctae Individuae Trinitatis Reg. Elizab. juxta Dublin" at head, followed by inscription "Ingenuo magnaeque spei adolescenti [Henrico Stewart] propter insignes in [Logicis] progressus in classe [secunda] praemium hoc literarium [secundi] ordinis dederunt Praepositus & Socii Seniores Collegii Sacrosanctae et Individuae Trinitatis juxta Dublin Examinatione habita initio termini [S. Michaelis] A.D. [1856] Quod testor [Gul. B. Larkham? Prael. Prin.]" (sections within square brackets in nineteenth century manuscript; final signature omitted on bookplate in second volume) on front pastedown to both volumes. Provenance: manuscript inscription "Henry Stewart Christmas 1856" on recto of third free end-paper of vol. 1. Binding; nineteenth century binding in dark purple calf; gilt stamped armorial centrepiece (arms of Trinity College Dublin, with caption "Coll. Sanctae Individuae Trinitatis Reg. Elizabeth. juxta Dublin")'; gilt tooling, gilt tooled title label reading "Burke's Works" and volume numbers on spine; marbled end-papers; text block edges marbled red, blue, yellow and black.
Makers and roles
Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Henry Rogers