Accession number
PML 145655
Creator
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Published
London : Printed by Luke Hansard and Sons, [1812?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Includes table of contents.
"In 1757 ... the early sheets of 'The abridgment of the history of England' were ... printed ... though the book itself was not published until after Burke's death."--Dict. nat. biog.
"First separate issue, revised version ... Issued ca. October 1812 ... A unique offprint, re-paged, re-signed, and sumptuously bound, from the original setting 5th volume of the quarto "Works", pp. 435-727 ..."--Todd.
"One vellum Copy only printed, By Order of the Right Reverend Walker King, Lord Bishop of Rochester, One of the Editors of Mr. Burke's Posthumous Works."--T.p. Verso.
Library's copy is a unique copy on vellum.
"In 1757 ... the early sheets of 'The abridgment of the history of England' were ... printed ... though the book itself was not published until after Burke's death."--Dict. nat. biog.
"First separate issue, revised version ... Issued ca. October 1812 ... A unique offprint, re-paged, re-signed, and sumptuously bound, from the original setting 5th volume of the quarto "Works", pp. 435-727 ..."--Todd.
"One vellum Copy only printed, By Order of the Right Reverend Walker King, Lord Bishop of Rochester, One of the Editors of Mr. Burke's Posthumous Works."--T.p. Verso.
Library's copy is a unique copy on vellum.
Description
[4], 287 p. ; 30 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Vellum tooled in gilt by Rivingtons, with a miniature portrait of Walker King inlaid in the inside of the front board.
Classification
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