Carlyle

1880 · 1012N3 — London: Chapman & Hall c1880. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart and scarce four volumes bound in two edition of Carlyle's praised essays bound in half calf prize copies presented by the Lord Admiralty. The scarce Four Volumes in Two shilling edition of Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: Collected and Republished written by prominent Scottish intellectual Thomas Carlyle. Blieved to have been published in c.1880 with the essays first published from 1838-1839. In half calf with black cloth. A prize copy presented by the Lord Admiralty with a stamp to the verso of the title leaf. Thomas Carlyle was hailed during his time as among the greatest British intellectuals and these essays are considered among his greatest works delving into literary criticism philosophy and history. He also asserted great influence on Victorian art and literature founding the London Library and helping to establish the National Portrait Galleries in London and Edinburgh. Vol. I - Contains essays on Burns Goethe German playwirghts and Werner among others. Vol. II - Contains essays on Voltaire Schiller On History and Luther's Psalm among others. Vol. III - Contains essays on Boswell's Life of Johnson Corn-Law Rhymes Diderot and Coutn Cagliostro among others. Vol. IV - Contains essays on The Diamond Necklace Sir Walter Scott the French Revolution and The Opera among others. In half calf with black cloth boards. Externally mostly smart with clean black boards. The odd small rubbing mark to calf and slight fading to spines. Minor bumping to the heads and tails of the spines and to the extremities. Brown end papers are clean. Prize bookplates to front free end papers of both volumes. Internally firmly bound. Lord Admiralty stamps to verso of Vol. I and Vol. III contents leaves. Pages are bright and clean with spotting to final blanks. Very Good Indeed Chapman & Hall hardcover