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Miscellaneous essays and addresses
- Title
- Miscellaneous essays and addresses / by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Baronet ; also biographical note and bibliography ; illustrated with six engravings.
- Author
- Stirling Maxwell, William, Sir, 1818-1878
- Publication
- London, J. C. Nimmo, 1891.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Guy, Robert
- Description
- xxxii, 488 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill.; 27 cm.
- Series Statement
- His Works ; v. 6
- Stirling Maxwell, William, Sir, 1818-1878. Works ; v. 6.
- Subject
- Note
- Added t.p., engraved, with colored ornamental border.
- Editor's preface (p. [xxxvii]) signed: Robert Guy.
- "Two hundred and sixty-five copies of this large paper edition printed for England, and one hundred and fifty for America. The engravings given in duplicate, and the initial letters and rules printed in red"--P. [ii].
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [461]-484.
- Contents
- The proverbial philosophy of Scotland.--A few Spanish proverbs about friars.--Wit and wisdom from West Africa.--Adagia of Erasmus.--William Hickling Prescott.--Ticknor's Life of Prescott.--Richard Ford (1).--Richard Ford (2).--Sir Robert Strange.--The Dukes of Urbino.--Devises and mottoes.--Ancient Scottish seals.--Spanish bull-fights.--Rectorial address: St. Andrew.--On some varieties of historical style.--The fall of two empires, 1814 and 1870.--Sir Walter Scott.--Rectorial address: Edinburgh.--Chancellor's address: Glasgow.
- Call Number
- Sc 824-S (Stirling Maxwell, W. Miscellaneous essays)
- OCLC
- 1201271
- NYPGR1201271-B
- Author
- Stirling Maxwell, William, Sir, 1818-1878.
- Title
- Miscellaneous essays and addresses / by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Baronet ; also biographical note and bibliography ; illustrated with six engravings.
- Imprint
- London, J. C. Nimmo, 1891.
- Edition
- Large paper ed.
- Series
- His Works ; v. 6Stirling Maxwell, William, Sir, 1818-1878. Works ; v. 6.
- Bibliography
- Bibliography: p. [461]-484.
- Added Author
- Guy, Robert.
- Research Call Number
- Sc 824-S (Stirling Maxwell, W. Miscellaneous essays)