Meditations and Contemplations
London: George Virtue, n.d., ca. 1860. Octavo (21.5cm.); contemporary gilt-tooled diced calf, gilt spine in six compartments, all edges gilt; 7,[ii]-xxxi,[7]-352pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece, two leaves of plates. Leather rather dried and scuffed at extremities, joints starting to crack but holding, frontispiece foxed, contemporary ownership signature effaced, later (1939) ownership inscription with the owner's ballpoint pen markings throughout textblock. A Good, sound reading copy overall. An uncommon edition, OCLC locating four copies as of October, 2019.
Price: $35.00