Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the progress and prospects of society by . . With plates. In two volumes

SOUTHEY, Robert.:

Verlag: London : John Murray Albermarle Street MDCCCXXIX, 1829

Beschreibung

First edition. Two volumes 8vo. ( 235mm. ) Pp. xv, 418. Plates [4] including a frontispiece ; 450 [2]. Plates [3] including a frontispiece. Uncut. Errata precedes text. Includes bibliographical references. Contents occasionally very lightly spotted, Vol. II frontispiece water stained, plates foxed and offset where loose tissue guards are not present. Publisher's olive green cloth backed boards soiled, both volumes retaining their original printed paper labels, upper hinge of volume I split. Sometime new endpapers. Lord Macauley in the Edinburgh of January 1830 was caustic and scathing in his review of this book, however the Rev. J. J. Blunt gave it fulsome praise in the London Quarterley Review of July , 1829 - " This is a beautiful book, full of wisdom and devotion, of poetry and feeling . ". Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 25776.1. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5414

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the ...

Verlag: London : John Murray Albermarle Street MDCCCXXIX

Erscheinungsdatum: 1829