Charpentier

1830 · LTH4-F-8 — London: William Carpenter 1830-1831. Leather. Good Only. 10.5" by 8.5". None. A scarce copy of this collection of pamphlets by William Carpenter. With his publication of this work Carpenter attempted to defy the stamp duty on newspapers but in May 1831 he was tried and convicted of evading the law and was imprisoned. With a portrait of Carpenter bound in and many small illustrations. William Carpenter born in 1797 at St James Westminster London England died on April 21 1874 at Islington London was a 19th Century theological and political writer journalist and editor. Carpenter was the son of a London tradesman. He received no formal schooling but by self-study he taught himself several ancient and modern languages. At an early age he began working for a bookseller in Finsbury first as an errand boy and then as an apprentice. While in prison he edited a political magazine which was republished as Carpenter's Monthly Political Magazine in 1832. He became intensely involved in the cause of political reform publishing numerous tracts and books on the subject through the late 1840s. He was a strong proponent of the Chartist movement and a friend of William Cobbett. He was also an active Freemason and contributor to the London Freemason magazine. He continued to publish scriptural works throughout his life which were also popular in America. His The Israelites Found in the Anglo-Saxons 1874 was an early work on British Israelism. In a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally worn with slight straining to front hinges. Internally generally firmly bound but with one or two pages starting. Marks and curling to some pages with the occasional ink stamp. Good Only William Carpenter hardcover