Many Thoughts on Many Things: Being a Treasury of Reference, consisting of selections from the writings of the Known Great and the Great Unknown.

Henry Southgate

Published by Thompson & Co, London, 1859

Second edition. Full leather by Hayday, with five raised bands and gilt titling to spine, inner gilt dentelles, and all edges gilt. Marbled endpapapers. Frontispiece lithograph of a library with a quotation from Wordsworth. 24.5 × 18.5cm, 656pp. A fine collection of quotations and thoughts on all manner of subjects, arranged alphabetically by subject. The author, Henry Southgate (1818-1888) was a London auctioneer and who became known as an anthologist and compiler. This copy has a previous owner's name to the title page, Broomhead Colton-Fox, who was a well known solicitor and was killed by a passing train when crossing the line at Victoria Station on December 15th 1893. Condition: The leather is scuffed to the spine, joints and board edges , and there is a bit of scratching to the gilt pages edges but the contents are in very good condition, bar some foxing to the prelims. **PLEASE NOTE: As this is a heavy book, postage may have to be increased for overseas (non-UK) buyers, or decreased where appropriate. Please see the COX AND BUDGE BOOKS website for full shipping details or drop us an email**. Seller Inventory # 010972

Bibliographic Details

Title: Many Thoughts on Many Things: Being a ...
Publisher: Thompson & Co, London
Publication Date: 1859
Binding: Full Leather
Condition: Good
Edition: 2nd Edition