Author:
Rev. Legh Richmond, A.M. [Rev. John Ayre, A.M.]
Publication details:
London: J. Hatchard and Son, 187, Piccadilly. 1828. 'A NEW EDITION, ENLARGED AND ILLUSTRATED, WITH AN INTRODUCTORY SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'. Printed by Ibotson and Palmer, Savoy Street, Strand.
First appearance of biography of the author (pp. xi-xxviii) by his son in law, dated 'Islington, | Feb. 21st, 1828.' 12mo. Pages: xxviii + 360 + four pages of publisher's advertisements. Frontispiece portrait engraving of author by E. Finden from painting by Livesy; three engravings by Finden from drawings by R. B. Harraden. Nineteenth-century leather binding; marbled endpapers. Tight copy, but dusty and with staining, particularly to binding and prelims. Scarce in this edition; no copy in British Library. Dedicated to William Wilberforce.
