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Hard cover, 8vo, in four volumes, finely bound in three-quarters blue morocco over marbled paper covered boards, the spine with five raised bands with titles and and gilt decoration, bound by British bookbinder R.W. Smith with his stamp to the endpapers. Various pp. The first three volumes were published as a set in 1839, with the fourth added to the series in 1840. *** Sydney Smith (1771-1845) cleric, orator and writer, and a co-founder of the influential magazine of the Scottish Enlightenment, the "Edinburgh Review" (1755-1756). This publication included a review by Adam Smith on Rousseau's "Discourse on Inequality", in which private property is shown to be the original source and basis of all inequality. Sydney Smith was a regular visitor at the famous salons held at Holland House in London, where Lord & Lady Holland hosted political and literary gatherings, and whose attendees included the Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott, and the Irish playwright, Richard Sheridan. Some quotations from Smith: "All lives lived out of London are mistakes", "No furniture is so charming as books.", and "Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient." *** Bookbinder R.W.Smith was one of the first employees of the Club Bindery (1898-1909), which had been established by members of New York's Grolier Club to bring the art of European fine bookbinding to America. Condition: About Very Good or better, with very light shelf wear and a couple of tiny chips to the spines. Watson 1304. Note: Heavy set, extra postage may be required if sent abroad. (6 lbs.)
Ref: FINE 8353
$425.00