Author: Augustine Birrell
Title: In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays
Description: London, Elliot Stock, 1905. First edition. Cloth. An intriguing collection of essays on the Bodleian Library, its founder Sir Thomas Bodley, and other important figures. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a page of publisher's advertisements from the same author. A collection of essays on the Bodleian Library, its readers, the founder Sir Thomas Bodley, as well as other important figures of the Georgian and Victorian eras. Figures such as Arthur Young, Charles Bradlaugh and Lord Chesterfield are discussed.From Augustine Birrell, the former Chief Secretary for Ireland. In the original cloth binding. Externally, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities, heaviest to the head and tail of spine. Marks to the boards. Cloth crest to the front board. Bookplate of one Charles R. Buckley to the front pastedown. Marks to the rear pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with a few scattered spots, heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: Essays Bodleian Library Augustine Birrell Bodleian Library None


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