Description: SELECT PIECES IN V E R S E and P R O S E BY THE LATE JOHN BOWDLER, JUN. ESQ. of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law TWO VOLUMES ______________ London Printed by G. Davidson 1816 DESCRIPTION (iv) + 1 to 263 + (iv) (iv) + 265 to 617 + (iv) Books measure 220mm x 140mm approximately. FIRST EDITION From the library of the Bishop of Durham, with bookplate to each front paste-down. Fully bound in dark tan leather. Spine with five gilt trimmed raised bands gilt and blind-stamped decoration to compartments, and gilt tooling to head and foot. Double gilt fillet borders with blind tooling to board edges. Marbled end-papers. Portrait frontispiece. CONDITION Very good condition overall. Hinges cracked to both front boards, though the boards remain firmly attached. Wear to head and foot of spine and board corners, with small loss to the upper spine. Tanning to the page-edges. The rear end-paper of volume two has been professionally replaced with a near match. Board corners a little bumped. Light to moderate foxing affecting the preliminaries and end-papers. Editor’s ink gift inscription to the title-page of volume one. The text within both volumes remains clean and bright. Please always refer to photo images for a clearer indication of condition. We are always happy to provide further photo images if required. INTERESTING John Bowdler was the younger son of John Bowdler the elder. He was born in London on 2nd February 1783 and was educated at Sevenoaks School, Hyde Abbey School, and Winchester College. In 1798 he was placed in a London solicitor's office and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, in 1807. He made some progress in his profession, and attracted the notice of Lord-Chancellor Eldon. In 1810 he began to show signs of tuberculosis, and for the sake of his health spent the two following years in southern Europe. In May 1812, he returned to Britain, and lived with an aunt near Portsmouth; but his health was not restored, Bowdler died on 1 February 1815. Bowdler engaged in literary pursuits during his illness, and in 1816 his father published his Select Pieces in Prose and Verse (2 vols.) This book contained a memoir and the journal kept by Bowdler during his tour of 1810 - 1812, as well as an exposition of Dugald Stewart's philosophical theories and religious essays and poems.
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