Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words; Addressed To Those Who Think. [TWO VOLUMES 1823] [Bound With] Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron, and the Tendencies of Don Juan. [Bound With] The Conflagration of Moscow. [1822] [Eighteenth Edition Full Leather Binding]

Rev. C. C. Colton, A.M.

Published by London: Longman Hurst Rees, Orme, 1823

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London: Longman Hurst Rees, Orme, 1823, Eighteenth Edition bound with other works as called for. Full leather binding, gilt titles, decorative gilt compartments, gilt borders to the boards, blind tooled dentelles, marbled paste downs and end papers. Rev. Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832), Vicar of Kew and Petersham, was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. His Lacon, "is one of the most excellent collection of apothegms in the language," and some of the sayings may be found today in Bartlett's Quotations. The life of a vicar could not contain the enthusiasms and eccentricities of the author, and gambling became his passion, as well as collecting paintings and wine. He fled England and his creditors, for two years touring the United States, and then settling in Paris. It is said that in two years he cleared £25,000 at the tables. "A dread of an impending surgical operation so preyed upon his mind, that he blew his brains out whilst on a visit to Major Sherwell of Fontainebleau." - quotations from Allibone. The poem The Conflagration of Moscow concerns Napoleon. Vol. I xiii, 267pp including the index. Vol. II v, 184pp. Remarks on the Talents of Byron 56pp. Conflagration of Moscow vii, 50pp plus 2pp index. Approximately 8 ¾ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles on twin labels, 4 decorative blind tooled bands, gilt decoration to the compartments, outer tips of the spine are also gilt, rubbed top and tail, marked and worn. Joints good condition rubbed and worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn with minor loss. Boards good condition full leather binding, with gilt borders and blind tooled detail, some damp staining to the upper board, colour has faded in places. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, all marbled. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition intact. Paste downs good condition marbled with blind tooled dentelles. End papers good condition marbled, subsequent end papers tanned and foxed. Title good condition all title pages tanned and foxed. Pages good condition previous owner s inscription on the reverse of the front end paper and a previous owner s signature on one of the front free end papers, lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1823 Binding: Hardback.

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• Title: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words; Addressed To Those Who Think. [TWO VOLUMES 1823] [Bound With] Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron, and the Tendencies of Don Juan. [Bound With] The Conflagration of Moscow. [1822] [Eighteenth Edition Full Leather Binding]
• Publisher: London: Longman Hurst Rees, Orme
• Publication Date: 1823
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good