The speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, in the House of Commons, and in Westminster-Hall. In four volumes.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
Category
Books
Date
1816
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3218236
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v. ; 8vo. Imperfect[?]: without half-titles. With pencil annotation and text marking; in some cases, it is partly erased (e.g. extended note v.3, t.p. verso). Folded printed leaf inserted as page marker, v.1, p308; with manicule. Provenance: nineteenth-century crest bookplate, after 1831, with earl’s coronet: Lichfield [i.e. Thomas William Anson, 2nd Viscount Anson, created Earl of Lichfield, 1831 (1795-1854); and also used by subsequent earls]. Binding: nineteenth-century green calf; double gilt fillet and blind roll border; five false bands; gilt spines, board edges and turn-ins; spine stamped with Lichfield cypher and earl's coronet in gold. Stamped: Bound by Hayday & Co. (Uniform with others in set of political speeches; whole set in poor condition.)
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Edmund Burke (1729-1797)