Elementary sketches of moral philosophy, delivered at the Royal Institution in the years 1804, 1805, and 1806.. By the late Rev. Sydney Smith, M.A.
Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)
Category
Books
Date
1854
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
The Argory, County Armagh
NT 3258110
Summary
Bibliographic description
New edition. xi,[1],428 p. ; 18cm (8vo). Provenance: inscribed "From Jostephane [or Iostephane ?] | To him who inherits so much of the refined taste, the delicate humour & genial temper of the author of these volumes, they are given in an exchange where friendship alone can see no robbery [?] …" [date inscribed on facing page] "June 1864." Uniform with 3v. set of Smith's works (1854) and presumably part of same gift. Binding: nineteenth-century black and brown morocco with floral print, double gilt roll borders; gilt lettered black spine labels; gilt tooled turn-ins; red edges and endpapers. Binder's ink stamp: Leighton, Brewer St. (Scuffed on upper board.)
Makers and roles
Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)