Author: John Foster
Title: Essays, in a Series of Letters
Description: London, Henry G. Bohn, 1863. Cloth. A scarce collection of philosophical and religious essays by John Foster. Scare work. A collection of four essays entitled: On a Man's Writing Memoirs of Himself, On Decision of Character, On the Application of the Epithet Romantic, and On Some of the Causes by which Evangelical Religion has been Rendered Less Acceptable to Persons of Cultivated Taste. Written by John Foster. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. From the library of Lord Raglan, Fitzroy John Somerset. Raglan"s great-great-grandfather was Field Marshal Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan and hero of the Battle at Inkerman and Alma in the Crimean War. He also served as military secretary to the Duke of Wellington. He died in the Crimea in 1855. The house in which the library was situated, Cefn Tilla Court, was purchased by the Raglan Memorial committee for his descendants. Lord Raglan was a keen collector of anthropology and folklore, with many of the works in his extensive library focusing upon this topic. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, smart with light bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Light fading to the boards. Internally, firmly bound though the front endpaper is loose. Pages are bright and clean with light scattered spotting. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: Essays Character Foster Character None
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Title: Essays, in a Series of Letters
Description: London, Henry G. Bohn, 1863. Cloth. A scarce collection of philosophical and religious essays by John Foster. Scare work. A collection of four essays entitled: On a Man's Writing Memoirs of Himself, On Decision of Character, On the Application of the Epithet Romantic, and On Some of the Causes by which Evangelical Religion has been Rendered Less Acceptable to Persons of Cultivated Taste. Written by John Foster. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. From the library of Lord Raglan, Fitzroy John Somerset. Raglan"s great-great-grandfather was Field Marshal Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan and hero of the Battle at Inkerman and Alma in the Crimean War. He also served as military secretary to the Duke of Wellington. He died in the Crimea in 1855. The house in which the library was situated, Cefn Tilla Court, was purchased by the Raglan Memorial committee for his descendants. Lord Raglan was a keen collector of anthropology and folklore, with many of the works in his extensive library focusing upon this topic. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, smart with light bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Light fading to the boards. Internally, firmly bound though the front endpaper is loose. Pages are bright and clean with light scattered spotting. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: Essays Character Foster Character None
Price: GBP 37.00 = appr. US$ 52.84 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 847T76
- Book number: 847T76
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