Description: MEMOIROF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THERIGHT HON. EDMUND BURKE; WITH SPECIMENS OF HIS POETRY AND LETTERS, AND AN ESTIMATE OF HIS GENIUS AND TALENTS, COMPARED WITH THOSE OF HIS GREAT CONTEMPORIES. BY JAMES PRIOR, ESQ. SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED TO TWO VOLUMES, BY A VARIETY OF ORIGINAL LETTERS, ANECDOTES, PAPERS,AND OTHER ADDITIONAL MATTER. LONDON:PRINTED FOR BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY. 1826************Details:-Two half-bound leather volumes - complete!Second EditionOctavoVolume I: 519ppBlacks spines with gilt textMarbled boards with matching text block edgesVolume II: 548pp Including IndexPages clean; bindings soundFrontispiece portrait of Edmund BurkeCombined weight: 1588gIndividual volume size: 22 x 14 x 3.5cm (approx.).Printed: 1826 (Please don't forget to consult condition report at listing top) Two nineteenth century volumes - complete. Showingwear externally but internally very good! Edmund Burke was an Irish Statesman, economist, and philosopher. Born in Dublin, Burke served as a member of parliament between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain with the Whig Party after moving to London in 1750. He is remembered for his support of Catholic emancipation, the impeachment of Warren Hastings from the East India Company, and his staunch opposition to the French Revolution. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's FREE Counter
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Binding: Half-bound leather
Place of Publication: London
Non-Fiction Subject: Philosophy / Politics
Publisher: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy
Modified Item: No
Weight: 1588g
Year Printed: 1826
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: Two volumes - complete, Frontispiece portrait of Edmund Burke, Second Edition
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: Europe
Author: James Prior
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
