The English Essayists: A comprehensive selection from the works of the Great Essayists, from Lord Bacon to John Ruskin; with Introduction, Biographical Notices, and Critical Notes

by Robert Cochrane

£65 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

Edinburgh: W.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, [1887]. [Essay Anthology] FINE PRIZE BINDING, first thus. Large octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] viii; 536 [2]. With an engrave frontispiece and vignette title page. Very small print over two columns. Contemporary navy full calf for Foster's School, Sherborne, with raised bands, gilt titles..... More

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