Lot 58
  • 58

Carlyle, Thomas.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: collected and republished. James Fraser, 1839
  • paper
12mo, 4 volumes, first edition, from the libraries of Charles Darwin's sister and niece with their ownership signatures, original green cloth, foxed, some wear to binding, particularly at edges

Provenance

Emily Catherine Darwin; Lucy C. Wedgwood, ownership signatures

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, when appropriate.
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Catalogue Note

The ownership signature of Darwin's sister  "E[mily] Catherine Darwin | December. | 1839." is present on the front endpaper of volume 1, and that of his niece "Lucy C. Wedgwood" in all four volumes, with the first volume dated 1866.