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1816 Four Volume Set of "The Speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke in the House of Commons and in Westminster-Hall"
Published by Longman, Hurst, ReesOrme, and Brown1816, size 8.5" x 5.5" All books have been rebound in very attractive 1/2 leather as shown above. Vol. I. 457 pages; Vol. II. 494 pages; Vol. III 544 pages; and Vol. IV. 511 pages. This is the first edition of Edmund Burke's speeches in Parliament. These volumes have a "Ex Libris ODN" sticker picturing a Norse ship with the sun behind inside the front cover, a raised seal on the title pages with ODN in the middle and "The Library At Blueburn" around the edge as shown above. In addition there is some undecipherable writing on the top of each title page, shown above, that is probably an ownership signature and opposite the half title in small neat script is written "Charles Douglas, Dec. 1837." While lengthy to completely describe these are unobtrusive and there is no writing, underling or other distractions on the text of the volumes. These volumes have all of Burke's great speeches arguing for a reasonable policy toward the American colonies and conciliation with them before a full scale war, which he predicted that England could not win. Picture below is the start of his famous speech moving his "Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies" which gives a good representation of the condition of the text of these volumes. These volumes are a great source of early American history, especially of the causes of the American Revolution, as well as Burke's view of the French Revolution.
These newly rebound half leather volumes make a very nice impression and are in great condition for their age, with all the text pages exceptionally clean. They provide the speeches of the person many believe is the greatest orator in the history of Parliament opining on subjects critical to American, English and French history and on political philosophy that affects the entire world. Price: $650
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