Author: William Greenfield
Title: Essays on the Sources of the Pleasures Received from Literary Compositions
Description: London, Longman, Hurst et al. 1813. Leather. A scarce early edition of this literary criticism. The second edition of William Greenfield's scarce essays of his university lectures on emotional responses to literature. In a decorative binding, and direct from the library at Newton Hall, the 18th century country house and estate in Northumberland, with a pencil shelfmark to the front free-endpaper, and the armorial bookplate of the Reverend Joseph Cook, with view of Newton Hall. Bound in leather with gilt lettering and decoration. William Greenfield, 1755 - 1827, was a Church of Scotland minister and literary critic. Greenfield was a respected minister and an accomplished scholar, being elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1783. "This flourishing career was cut short when scandalous rumours circulating in Edinburgh caused Greenfield to resign his position in the church on 20 December 1798 and to flee to England. On receiving his letter of resignation, and taking his flight as a tacit admission of guilt, the presbytery of Edinburgh deposed him as a minister of the gospel and excommunicated him from the church.. From his exile in England Greenfield continued to write, publishing (anonymously) in London an edition of his university lectures in London entitled Essays on the Sources of the Pleasures Received from Literary Compositions in 1809, and also contributing anonymously to the Quarterly Review" -ODNB. Reverend Joseph Cook of Newton-on-the-Moor, d.1844, was vicar of Chatton and Shilbottle, and held the estate at Newton Hall, Northumberland. He married Sarah Widdrington in 1786. Bound in leather with gilt lettering and decoration. There is some wear to the extremities, including some rubbing. The front hinge is cracked but still firm. The binding is tight and firm. Internally the pages are bright with the very occasional spot. Overall the condition is good, with a near fine interior. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Greenfield Church of Scotland Edinburgh Church of Scotland None
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Title: Essays on the Sources of the Pleasures Received from Literary Compositions
Description: London, Longman, Hurst et al. 1813. Leather. A scarce early edition of this literary criticism. The second edition of William Greenfield's scarce essays of his university lectures on emotional responses to literature. In a decorative binding, and direct from the library at Newton Hall, the 18th century country house and estate in Northumberland, with a pencil shelfmark to the front free-endpaper, and the armorial bookplate of the Reverend Joseph Cook, with view of Newton Hall. Bound in leather with gilt lettering and decoration. William Greenfield, 1755 - 1827, was a Church of Scotland minister and literary critic. Greenfield was a respected minister and an accomplished scholar, being elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1783. "This flourishing career was cut short when scandalous rumours circulating in Edinburgh caused Greenfield to resign his position in the church on 20 December 1798 and to flee to England. On receiving his letter of resignation, and taking his flight as a tacit admission of guilt, the presbytery of Edinburgh deposed him as a minister of the gospel and excommunicated him from the church.. From his exile in England Greenfield continued to write, publishing (anonymously) in London an edition of his university lectures in London entitled Essays on the Sources of the Pleasures Received from Literary Compositions in 1809, and also contributing anonymously to the Quarterly Review" -ODNB. Reverend Joseph Cook of Newton-on-the-Moor, d.1844, was vicar of Chatton and Shilbottle, and held the estate at Newton Hall, Northumberland. He married Sarah Widdrington in 1786. Bound in leather with gilt lettering and decoration. There is some wear to the extremities, including some rubbing. The front hinge is cracked but still firm. The binding is tight and firm. Internally the pages are bright with the very occasional spot. Overall the condition is good, with a near fine interior. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Greenfield Church of Scotland Edinburgh Church of Scotland None
Price: GBP 640.00 = appr. US$ 913.91 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: LTH10-B-1
- Book number: LTH10-B-1
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